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33041901 — Beijing 1966. Large glossy black & white photograph of Zhou En-lai & Chen Boda sheet: 25.5 x 31 cm. image size 22.5 x 28.8 cm.very good 4 small mended pin holes in the corners else in very good condition.RARE & HISTORIC IMAGE . . . A RARE AND HISTORIC ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH DOCUMENTING THE . . . BEGINNING OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY SANCTIONING AND . . . ENCOURAGING THE WENHUA DA GEMING CULTURAL REVOLUTION . . . AND THE OFFICIAL SANCTIONING OF THE HONG WEI BING . . OR "RED GUARDS" . On August 18 1966 MAO Zedong ZHOU En-lai CHEN Boda LIN Biao and other communist party leaders received twelve million young "Red Guards" "Hong Wei Bing" in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. . A high school student girl ran up to the stage and put a "Red Guard" put a red armband bizhang inscribed with the Chinese characters for "Red Guard" on the Chairman Mao and others who stood for six hours speaking to the crowd of admirers and youthful "Red Guards." . This historic rally was captured by the camera. It shows from left to right CHEN Boda and ZHOU En-lai before several microphones as they delivered the keynote speeches to the millions "of HONG WEI BING. . The rally was led by CHEN Boda and LIN Biao who both gave the keynote speeches. . JIANG Qing and other radicals mounted the area where MAO Tsetung ZHOU En-lai CHEN Boda LIN Biao and other CCP leaders were viewing the spectacle and put "Red Guard" arm bands bizhang on many of these leaders. . This photograph shows ZHOU En-lai with his red arm band in place. We have other posters & photographs showing MAO and his red arm band as well please inquire at our website. . 8-18 MASS RALLY: . The "8-18 Rally" as it was known was The first of eight receptions Chairman Mao & other leaders of the CCP gave to "Red Guards" in Tiananmen Square in the fall of 1966. It was this rally that signified the beginning of the "Red Guards" involvement in implementing the aims of the Cultural Revolution. . The second rally held on 31 August 1966 was led by KANG Sheng and LIN Biao who also donned a red arm band. The last rally was held on 26 November 1966. In all Chairman Mao and other leaders greeted eleven to twelve million 'Red Guards' most of whom traveled from afar to attend the rallies. . CONDITION: . This is an original black and white glossy photograph it has the number 3 in the lower left margin negative. The image is sharp crisp and a very large size. The image was previously pinned to a wall and displayed there are 4 old pin holes in the corners and one closed marginal tear to the right side all of which subsequently have been restored with non-acid Japanese Washi paper and rice glue. The image is firm and solid. . ZHOU EN-LAI: 1898 -1976 He was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served under Mao Zedong and was instrumental in consolidating the control of the Communist Party's rise to power forming foreign policy and developing the Chinese economy. Advocating peaceful coexistence with the West after the stalemated Korean War he participated in the 1954 Geneva Conference and helped orchestrate Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China. He helped devise policies regarding the bitter disputes with the U.S. Taiwan the Soviet Union after 1960 India and Vietnam. Zhou is best known as the long-time top aide to Mao Zedong specializing in foreign policy. . Zhou En-lai & the "Red Guards": Although Zhou En-lai announced the formal beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution on 1 May 1966 at a massive rally to celebrate International Workers Day in Tian'anmen it was not until 16 May that the Politburo established the Cultural Revolution Group comprising Jiang Qing and other radicals. Although there is a general belief that the Palace Museum escaped the depredations of the Cultural Revolution thanks to protection extended by Premier Zhou Enlai this is not entirely true. . CHEN BODA: 1904-1989: He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party CCP a secretary to Chairman Mao and a prominent member of the leadership during the Cultural Revolution chairing the Cultural Revolution Group. . During the Cultural Revolution from 1966 until 1969 Chen Boda played an important role in the Cultural Revolution. In May 1966 he was placed at the head of the newly formed Cultural Revolution Group a body appointed by Mao established to oversee and direct the course of the Cultural Revolution. In time this group would rise to become the most important political body in China surpassing even the Politburo Standing Committee in importance. Chen Boda was also placed as head of the Communist government's propaganda machine. Chen also became a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo. . As the Cultural Revolution Group began to appear too radical for the liking of Mao & the leadership in Peking its influence began to wane and it was formally dissolved at the CCP's Ninth Congress in the Spring of 1969. . This marked the end of Chen Boda's involvement in the Cultural Revolution. As the leadership became more moderate in its outlook and the initial aims of the Cultural Revolution were sidelined Chen's radicalism caused concern and he was condemned as a 'revisionist secret agent' by the CCP's Tenth Congress in 1973. SEE: CULTURAL REVOLUTION OF 1966-1967-8 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution commonly known as the Cultural Revolution was a social-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966. Set into motion by Mao Zedong then Chairman of the Communist Party of China its stated goal was to enforce communism in the country by removing capitalist traditional and cultural elements from Chinese society and to impose Maoist orthodoxy within the Party. The revolution marked the return of Mao Zedong to a position of power after the failed Great Leap Forward. The movement paralyzed China politically and significantly affected the country economically and socially. SEE: en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution . WHAT & WHO WERE THE "RED GUARDS" "Red Guards" "Hong Wei Bing" were a mass paramilitary social movement of young people students & soldiers in the People's Republic of China PRC who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967 during the Cultural Revolution. SEE: or photos are poste to our website. . REFERENCE: . see: thechinatimes.com/online/2011/08/1066-html CULTURAL REVOLUTION: WHAT WAS THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION see: asianhistory.about.com/od/modernchina/f/What-Was-The- Cultural-Revolution.htm . en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution CHINESE "RED GUARDS:" en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Red_Guards_China . . unknown