Sitting on top of the Leshan Giant Buddha in 1968

People were allowed to sit on the Buddha's head until 1972. Source

Workers read Mao at the Nanjing Yangzi River Bridge in 1968

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Rural cadres hold a Mao reading group at night in 1967

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Taking a photo at Wuhan Bridge in 1964

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Unearthing a historic tomb in Shanxi in 1962

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China’s schools for gifted children, 1955-1996

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Map of Wuhan, 1969

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Children watch the local commune’s electrical workers in Jilin in November 1963

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Chinese Go champion Chen Zude beat Japan in nine-hour competition in 1963

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Watching China’s first atomic bomb explode in October 1964

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