| Mao as the Reddest Red Sun in people's hearts, floating above Tiananmen
Square. At the front of the huge, Little Red Book-waving crowd are the
figures of a worker, peasant, and soldier, while representatives from
other occupations stand just behind. The Book was compiled from Mao's
Selected Works by Lin Biao in the early 1960s to be used for propaganda
work in the People's Liberation Army. After the Cultural Revolution
began, it became an integral part of the ritual of Mao worship. By 1970,
this kind of orchestrated adulation and the power of Lin Biao were both
at their zenith. |
