Mao Zedong and Chinese Culture

Author: Li Pengcheng
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: The pursuit of the value of traditional Chinese culture is a "trend toward ancient culture," while Mao Zedong, as a Marxist deeply influenced by the May Fourth New Culture Movement, pursued a "future-oriented culture," believing that the present surpasses the past and later generations surpass the ancients. People should, with an optimistic spirit, overcome all difficulties to open up a path for historical progress. Undoubtedly, Mao Zedong's poetry and prose creation is imbued with this guiding ideology of "future-oriented culture." Denying traditional Peking Opera and promoting modern Peking Opera is also part of the transformation from "trend toward ancient culture" to "future-oriented culture." In summary, whether in the expression or understanding of art, Mao Zedong advocated a strong spirit of development, always considering it within the grand ambition of building a new China's culture.