"Up to the mountains and down to the villages" campaign (18 gen 1968 anni – 18 gen 1972 anni)

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- The Red Guard suggested by Mao to go into the rural villages of China to experience life as a land worker

- Done to reign in control of the Red Guards
- The Red Guards formed rival factions which fought to prove greater loyalty to Mao

- PLA stepped in and took over the Red Guards role of the cultural purification
- Implemented the "cleansing of the class ranks" campaign 1968-71 to remove the last traces of capitalism

- The students were not skilled in farming and so added little benefit to the farms
-In some areas the students taught the peasants (increased literacy, etc)
- The students did not enjoy it and so this caused them to doubt the word of Mao

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