According to Gao Yu, a pair of Song Dynasty stone lions in Beijing’s Zhongshan Park were protected during the Cultural Revolution by removing the words “during the Cultural Revolution” from their description. (Photo source: Internet screenshot)
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party’s so-called founding, and the Communist authorities have taken a more “positive” approach to the Cultural Revolution. Following the official launch of the new 2021 edition of the “Brief History of the Communist Party of China” (CPC History), which downplays the sins of the Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong, the vice minister of the Propaganda Department claims that the so-called “first 30 years”, including the Cultural Revolution, were a “great achievement. The Vice Minister of Propaganda claimed that the so-called “first 30 years”, including the Cultural Revolution, had been a “great achievement”. As the authorities’ actions sparked public concern, a source said that the information on a pair of Song Dynasty stone lions in Beijing’s Zhongshan Park that were protected during the Cultural Revolution was removed from the description “during the Cultural Revolution. The netizens pointed out that the stone lions were also “re-titled”. Some believe this is a warning sign that Xi Jinping is officially reversing the case of the Cultural Revolution.
Gao Yu, a senior Chinese media figure, tweeted on May 6 that the history of a pair of Song Dynasty stone lions in front of the main gate of Zhongshan Park had been changed, with the words “during the Cultural Revolution” removed and only the 1960s left. Do you want the stone lions also “know the times”?
Netizens follow up comments.
“Great, my country. The stone lion must also change its mouth.”
“Stone lions must also be politically correct.”
“There is no silver bullet here.”
“Because the Cultural Revolution has become a sensitive word.”
“This is very polite, the Summer Palace wisdom of the sea wall outside the glazed niche inlaid glazed small Buddha’s head knocked off in the Cultural Revolution, remember the previous erected next to the nameplate clearly recorded, and then the nameplate became the British and French allied forces destroyed.”
“70 years of time, tampering with thousands of years of history.”
“It should just be written that it was privately buried underground by bad elements in the 60s and came back to light in 71 under the correct leadership of the Party.”
“It fully illustrates who is supposedly engaging in historical nihilism and who is denying history and covering it up. It’s just a thief crying out for a thief.”
“Since the Cultural Revolution has become an exploration, there is no specific meaning in the Cultural Revolution. Slowly, the memory is modified.”
“The cult (CCP) will not be destroyed until heaven is justified!”
According to a WeChat article tweeted on Twitter by mainland scholar Lu Blunt on April 30, 2021, titled “Intriguing Revisions,” there are two Song Dynasty stone lions sitting at the south entrance of the Social Temple in Zhongshan Park in Beijing. Today, with nothing to do, I went to Zhongshan Park with my partner to go around. When I walked to the stone lions, I found that the description board had been changed. Compared with the previous description, the current description deleted the words “during the Cultural Revolution”.
The article with the picture says, “Zhongshan Park is not an idle park, and the modification of the description of the sign is also not an idle thing. Since the change was made, there must be a reason for it.”
“In terms of the explanatory plaque, it can be written without the changes in the location of the stone lions before and during the Cultural Revolution. But in line with the principle of cultural relics for political services, plus the buried stone lion section of text for the complete denial of the correctness of the Cultural Revolution as circumstantial evidence, is understandable.”
“But, in the premise of the conclusion of the complete negation of the Cultural Revolution has not changed, why do you want to delete the three words “in the Cultural Revolution”? This is an intriguing move.”
Blogger Lao Gao said in a May 6 post that the photos were an obvious warning sign. Xi Jinping intends to break through the official official characterization of the “Resolution on Several Historical Issues of the Party since the Founding of the People’s Republic” adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee in June 1981, which completely negates the Cultural Revolution, and in a way, reverses the case for the Cultural Revolution.
The article quotes a friend’s half-truth on WeChat: “It’s time to get ready: when will the censoring begin?”
According to public information, the Cultural Revolution began on May 16, 1966, when Mao Zedong, then chairman of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, and the Central Cultural Revolutionary Group mobilized thousands of “Red Guards” from the top down to launch a campaign on all fronts in mainland China. Officials encouraged criticism, house raids, and denunciations, which led to a decline in traditional Chinese culture and morality, a severe impact on the overall economy, a huge number of victims, and the destruction of a large number of cultural relics during the “destruction of the Four Olds”. The campaign lasted for ten years and is therefore known as the “Ten Years of Unrest” or “Ten Years of Catastrophe.
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