(Heigo leap March 26), May 16, 1966, the Cultural Revolution began.





Mao Zedong review the fleet of the Red Guards traveling on Chang'an Avenue
1966 on May 16, 2009, the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau meeting passed by Mao presided over the drafting of the "Communist Party of China Central Committee notice" ( referred to as the "May 16 Directive"). Be forwarded by the CPC Central Committee in February of the same year, "the five-member panel of the Cultural Revolution on the current academic discussions outline report" (ie, "February Outline"), put forward a set of theories, principles and policies of the "Cultural Revolution"; announced the abolition of the "February Outline" and the five-member panel of the "cultural revolution" and its offices, the re-establishment of the Politburo Standing Committee, under the leadership of the Central Cultural Revolution Group (ie, the "the central Cultural Revolution").
1966 summer, Mao Zedong, Lin Biao in Tiananmen Square
"notice" of all walks of life to the party, government, military, Man "representatives of the bourgeoisie" to carry out thorough critique and seize the leadership in the field of culture. Refers sneaked into the Party, the government, the military representatives of the bourgeoisie and the cultural sector, a number of counter-revolutionary revisionists, when the time comes, they will seize political power, the dictatorship of the proletariat into a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Khrushchev characters like now sleep in our side, the Party committees at all levels must pay full attention to this point. These conclusions guidelines launched the "Cultural Revolution".
Mao Zedong, Lin Biao and the Red Guards together
1966 18 day wearing Red Guard armband for the first time to review the Red Guards in Beijing tower.
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