China Culture Revolution – Public Execution & Impact

During China’s Cultural Revolution, nearly all Tibet’s monasteries were ransacked and destroyed by the Red Guards. Estimates put at more than 1.2 million Tibetans, one-fifth of the country’s population. Over 6000 monasteries, temples and other cultural and historical buildings were destroyed and their contents destroyed or pillaged. The Chinese Cultural Revolution was launched by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966. It was an attempt to rid China of so-called capitalist roaders and to restore Maos power within the party. In the end, the Revolution intended to save the country ultimately destroyed it. The Cultural Revolution eliminated the freedom of people all over China for a time span of over 10 years and greatly injured the country both economically and culturally; from this we can learn that stifling a groups free will can have negative effects on the stability of the entire country. During the Cultural Revolution many pieces of art and historically significant artifacts were destroyed; this was a severe blow to Chinas culture. One of the first victims of the Cultural Revolution was a play. Hai Rui Dismissed from Office depicted a man who criticized the emperor as a hero. When the Cultural Revolution began, this play was seen as an attack on Mao and its author was imprisoned. In 1966, Mao called on the Red Guards, Maos followers, to destroy Four Olds (previous Chinese objects, customs, habits, and ideas). Priceless historical objects were now dangerous items …