Chinese+Cultural+Revolution-+Art

It has been suggest that much of China's thousands of years of history was in effect destroyed during the short ten years of the Cultural Revolution, and that such destruction of historical artifacts is unmatched at any time or place in human history.


 * In [|Tibet], over 6,000 [|monasteries] were destroyed
 * In [|Inner Mongolia], some 790,000 people were persecuted, of these 22,900 were beaten to death and 120,000 were maimed

In order to destroy the "four olds", the Red Guards would destory a lot of culturally significant statues and artwork. Examples of "Smashing the Old World" can be found [|here]

An example of art that had survived the destruction of the Red Guards Maoism: Mao's Philosophy and teachings. Many in the form of Poems. Dabodi (1933) Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet -- Who is dancing, waving this coloured ribbon against the sky? The sun returns slanting after the rain And hill and pass grow a deeper blue. A furious battle once raged here, The village walls, bullet-scarred, Now adorn hill and pass And make them doubly fair.

Yellow Crane Tower (1927) Wide, wide flow the nine streams through the land, Dark, dark threads the line from south to north. Blurred in the thick haze of the misty rain Tortoise and Snake hold the great river locked. The yellow crane is gone, who knows whither? Only this tower remains a haunt for visitors. I pledge my wine to the surging torrent, The tide of my heart swells with the waves.