Mao Zedong joins the pantheon of China's folk gods
Well, I guess there were gods of disease and plague, too ...
Come on, make a wish to Chairman Mao," said a woman to her two young children as they bowed to a 6m bronze statue of Mao Zedong in his home village of Shaoshan ( Read more... )
Come on, make a wish to Chairman Mao," said a woman to her two young children as they bowed to a 6m bronze statue of Mao Zedong in his home village of Shaoshan ( Read more... )
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I wonder about the younger generation though. I'm in China right now teaching Oral English. In a class of about 50 teenage students I did this exercise where the students had to choose which famous person to be and argue why they should not be thrown our of a crashing hot air balloon. My fiance did the same thing and said in each group one person must be Mao Zedong, the current president, basketball player Yao Ming or a famous singer (pardon me I can't spell Chinese names). Suprisingly, almost every group in the class had voted that Mao Zedong would get thrown out of the balloon. My fiance then drew a picture of Mao Zedong being eaten by sharks. The class was shocked because it's a bit taboo to say such things about Mao but, that's what they voted!
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Disregards Mao's policy, China, before Mao, was a series of litte kimgdoms, full of foreign power, famines, degredation and abuse into the country. Mao made out of China a full unified country. He should get some credit for this.
IN China history, famine, killings and degredation was everyday life since 3000 years ago!.
It is funny how he himself a Comunist and fighter of all religions groups in China has become a myth himself!.
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