Doing Taijiquan on a bike 1972, China Cultural Revolution

[mixjourneyman]

Say what you will about Deng Xiaoping, the four reforms were the best thing to happen to China since before the revolution.

But SPJ, martial arts were even popular during the cultural revolution, many people in China confirm this. My teacher and Omar's teacher experienced it and I even read an article with a student of Wan Laisheng that said pretty much the same thing. It is a popular story made up by some groups outside the mainland that martial arts died in the 60's and 70's, but many Chinese martial artists from the main land can assert that it was not the case (even though many martial artists were persecuted, I don't think anyone will argue that)

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6akkbyeuv8&NR=1

the famous speech from Deng (at the age of 88) in 1992.

he said that for the next 100 years, CPC had to insist on economic opening and development, that is the only way out, or for CPC to survive and gain people's confidence and support.

any other road would be a dead end. not too much to the left or the right, the goverment has to be careful in controlling and fine tuning the central policy of 4 modernisation---

we have to open more, make bigger steps--

this policy was continued by Jiang and now Hu Wen.

this speech set the tone for CPC central politics.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8iTRy1c ... re=related

President CKS speech on cultural renaissance.

[SPJ]

off topic a bit



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZjnx0zzefA

After Mao's passing and the cultural revolution ended quietly. Deng came out.

after 10 years of 10 political plays/dramas, there was a big void in pop culture. Teresa Teng/deng songs took up the air waves in China post Mao.

The cassette players and tapes became every one's must have items. This promoted the consumption of home electronics.

so culture promoted the development of a society economically.

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[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FeXtP9wsFU&NR=1

Jane Zhang is from Cheng Du, Si Chuan. She listened to Teresa Teng songs. She sang Teresa's songs. She also learned songs from Mariah Carey.

In the 1980s, there were some government projects to start to shoot historical movies and TV series. PR China started to have a movie industry again. There were many CMA books written. Style specific associations formed.

In the 1990s, many wu xia novels turned TV series were made. There were also many CMA instructional VCD's made. Usually from the books authors. As the digital media technology advanced; and computer and home electronics grew.

In the 2000s, internet media took the wheel.

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[chud]

Well, to be fair, I didn't see much "martial arts" going on in those clips, just a lot of 'directing invisible traffic'

Agreed, the "Yang" 24 doesn't speak well for China at that time.

I don't think anybody doing martial arts in China would have let a camera within 100 miles of them at that time in history...

Indeed, the few who hadn't fled probably kept it low key.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjgD9rNRLzw

In the late 1970s, campus folk songs started to be popular in Taiwan. Wow. It has been 30 years, too.

the most noted song would be "just like your gentleness".

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-fP5_Vk ... re=related

the celtic or irish version.

wow.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1F5Z-8L2xg

tong nian or childhood. it was a song popular among elementary schoolers. actually it is still popular today.

this is from jin xiu duo. it was a folk song concert sponsored by Toyota, TW.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2NLgjw-AVI

"thinking of you" was popular among college students.

I sang a lot of campus folk songs, when I was in high school in late 1970s and college in early 1980s.

back to regular discussions of tai ji practice, 1972 china.

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naOo3Jbh ... re=related

how did China reform from cultural revolution? This is a very good TV series about using the political slogans to understand the evolution of Chinese politics in the last 60 years.
for people that are interested.
big rice bowl. (da guo fan) the idea of equality= even distribution of food and resource, there were tickets for meal, cooking oil,--public health care, schooling, housing--
public factory, collective farms, communes-- people tend not to work hard, since all the productions go to the government
how to break the false equality?
Deng proposed that may be "let a few people get rich first" in 1978.
Individual enterpeneurs may use own capital and keep his earning/production. or ge ti fu. once they gained some personal wealth. they may bring wealth to more people. they are outside of the system.
the planned economy (left) plus market (capital) economy (right).--
the famous example: idiot melon seeds. He sold gua zi and became one the first millionare in China--

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEAP0n8E ... re=related

after 3 years of natural disaster and economic collapse after "giant leap forward"(started in 1957), Mao admitted his mistakes in a 7000 people CPC party meeting in 1962.
but what to do or how to revive China economy. Deng met with a few people and he proposed that the farmers should individualize their farming as needed locally. the production should not be tied up with the system. production dropped at factories, too. yellow cat or black cat if the cat catches the rat, it is a good cat (si chuan slang). whatever works works.
there was a split between supporting Mao or not. Mao then insisted on collective farms and communes and blamed Deng and Liu Xiao Qi (capitalism, right) to liberate workers and farmers from collective system.
The infamous Cultural Revolution then started.
Deng was sentenced to do forced labor in a tractor factory from 1969 to 1972.
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[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJlgZFmZ ... re=related

Deng appeared in a public occasion in 1973. The world knew that he was coming out again.

Deng's speech
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if we do not reform and be practical, then the people, the country and the party will perish--

the theory of the cat catching a rat or mao lun was the slogan again. does not matter the last name is socialism (she) or capitalism (zi), if it works then it works.

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Deng was featured on Time's mag cover in 1985--

the rest is history.