1 Jan 1966 Jahr - Cultural Revolution

Beschreibung:

Introduced by Mao after the fall of the great leap.
Launched the “Great Proletarian Culture Revolution”
Destruction of the four old habits, old thinking, old customs, and old culture.
Mao encouraged the destruction of Capitalism.
The Red Guards quoted the “Little Red Book.”
Many people were accused of crimes and suffered imprisonment
In order to obtain more farmland, Communes took over gravesites.
Officials forbid traditional families from holding funerals or make offerings to their ancestors. Having a list of one’s ancestors was considered a crime.
The Red Guards took over homes and destroyed family shrines.