Music

    Music was an enormous part of daily life during the Cultural Revolution. There were songs that people sang to honor Chairman Mao. During the Cultural Revolution, the only music that you were allowed to listen to was music that was honoring Mao Zedong and the Communist Party. Almost all of the songs said something about being red, long live Chairmen Mao, the little red book, and eliminating the four olds. Some of the most popular songs during the Cultural Revolution included The People of the World Will Surely Be Victorious!, Long Live Chairman Mao!, I Love Beijing's Tiananmen!, March of the Revolutionary Youth, and We are Chairman Mao's Red Guards.
    Music was a large part of propaganda during the Cultural Revolution because it was one way to constantly remind people about Chairmen Mao. If a song was playing, and you did not show some kind of affection for the music, you would get in trouble with the Red Guards. Many shops and stores were almost always playing music that honored the Cultural Revolution. Music would play through loudspeakers, and would be played during events, and campaigns. During this time, this was one of the main ways to show that you respect everything that is happening and changing.  You could almost always hear a song talking about how great Mao was. Music would be sung by everyday people and artists. Music was a large part of the Cultural Revolution, and was a large part of how the Cultural Revolution spread all throughout China.