Chinese Mourning Mao Zedong’s Death in 1976

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From iFeng:

1976 September 9th Mao Zedong dies, grief throughout China

1976 September 9th, 10 minutes past the midnight, Mao Zedong departed from this world. September 18th, representatives from the capital and other regions of the country paid their last respects to Chairman Mao. Textile women in the capital, when faced with the remains of Chairman Mao, cried in deep grief.

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Students hearing the news that Mao had passed away weeped bitterly. (Photographed by Jiang Shaowu)

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1976 September 11th, representatives in the People’s Liberation Army paid their respects to the remains of Mao Zedong.

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September, 1976, ethnic minority representatives paid their respects to the remains of Mao Zedong, mourning the death of a leader.

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September, 1976, ethnic minority representatives attending Mao Zedong’s memorial service.

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1976 September 18th, millions of people in the capital attended the memorial service of Mao Zedong.

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September, 1976, people in the capital mourned with deep grief for the death of Mao Zedong.

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1976 September 17th, people from all circles started to pay their last respects to the remains of Mao Zedong.

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1976 September 18th, millions of people in the capital attending Mao Zedong’s memorial service.

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1976 September, ethnic minority representatives paid their respects to the remains of Mao Zedong, mourning Mao Zedong.

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1976 September 9th, Mao Anqing [Son of Mao Zedong] and Mao Xinyu [Grandson of Mao Zedong] set up a mourning hall for Chairman Mao.

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1976 September, people of Shaoshan [hometown of Mao Zedong] mourning the death of Mao Zedong.

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1976 September 9th, people of Zhaotong mourning the death of great leader and mentor Mao Zedong.

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1976 September 9th, people of Zhaotong mourning the death of great leader and mentor Mao Zedong.

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September, 1976, troops in Heilongjiang participating in the mourning of the death of Mao Zedong as led by Her of the Battle of Zhenbaodao Island Leng Pengfei [front row, first on the right).

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1976 September 18th, in Harbin of Heilongjiang province, 500,000 people gathered in the People’s Stadium of Harbin, holding a memorial service for the death of great leader and mentor Chairman Mao Zedong. This is just one corner of the stadium.

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1976 September, a Shanghai theatre hung a banner mourning Mao Zedong, as city residents wearing black armbands filed in.

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1976 September, a fruit and vegetable market in Shanghai, where city residents wore black armbands in mourning of Mao Zedong's death.

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1976 September, the solemn atmosphere of Tiananmen Square after Mao Zedong's death.

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1976 September, various Changsha primary and middle school teachers and students at a mourning hall to mourn Mao Zedong.

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1976 September, soon after Mao Zedong’s death, at a Shanghai breakfast stall, city residents wearing white clothes and black armbands.

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People around Changsha proactively organized a mourning group and came to Qingshuitang to mourn the death of Mao Zedong.

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1976 September, Hong Kong residents gathered at a shop watching news of Mao Zedong’s death on television.

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1976 September 9th, in Paris, France, 200 people gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in France to mourn the death of Mao Zedong.

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1976 September 10th, in Tokyo, Japan, a Japanese girl cried when mourning Mao Zedong.