Life in Mao's China, 1949–76 (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Why Mao targeted traditional culture
Why Mao targeted traditional culture
Traditional Chinese customs & beliefs blocked socialist society
Red Drama Groups: when started & purpose
Red Drama Groups: when started & purpose
1950; spread revolutionary messages in rural areas
What Red Drama Groups performed
What Red Drama Groups performed
Plays, operas, ballets explaining Communist ideology
How CCP viewed Confucianism
How CCP viewed Confucianism
'Landlord culture' that justified exploitation
'The White-haired Girl'
'The White-haired Girl'
Revolutionary drama about peasants rebelling vs landlord
Bourgeois culture definition
Bourgeois culture definition
Capitalist urban culture focused on material possessions
Struggle sessions
Struggle sessions
Public meetings where people criticized & physically attacked
Who were labeled 'rightists'
Who were labeled 'rightists'
Theatre directors & cultural leaders
Western influences attacked by CCP
Western influences attacked by CCP
Individualism, personal freedom, Western clothing/music/books
Jiang Qing's role
Jiang Qing's role
Mao's wife; 'cultural purifier of the nation'
The 'four olds'
The 'four olds'
Old ideas, culture, customs, habits
Cultural Revolution dates
Cultural Revolution dates
1966-1976
'Red, bright & shining' art requirement
'Red, bright & shining' art requirement
Promote revolutionary ideas & optimistic socialist progress
Re-education of artists
Re-education of artists
Sent to rural areas to work with peasants
Pre-Cultural Revolution operas/plays/ballets
Pre-Cultural Revolution operas/plays/ballets
Almost all banned from performance