China’s first museum dedicated to the "cultural revolution" will bring back vivid memories of those unusual times. The museum is scheduled to open later this year in Dayi County, Sichuan Province.

More than 100 leftist sculptures, as well as photos of "traitors" and innocent prisoners, of which little is known to the public, will be on display. The collection also includes more than 1,000 porcelain busts and some 30,000 badges depicting Chairman Mao Zedong, as well as other mementos unique to that time.

A canteen decorated in the style of the period will bring back the memories of workers, farmers and soldiers eating communally and ridding themselves of bourgeois liberalism.

The "cultural revolution" lasted from 1966 to 1976, bringing chaos to education, the economy and society in general.

(Cri.com April 22, 2004)