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Summary notes on Unit 4. History for Edexcel A Level: Communist states in the twentieth century - Unit 2E.1 - Mao's China, 1949-76
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In-depth notes on Unit 4: Social and cultural changes,1949–76. ● The changing status of women: foot binding; the Marriage Law 1950; the impact of collectivisation and the communes on women’s lives; women and the family; the nature and extent of change; the problem of changing tradition...

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4. RELIGION


- In aftermath of communist seizure of pwr: Party quick to guarantee religious freedom
- Article 5 of Common Programme: promised freedom of religious belief
 Later reaffirmed in Article 88 of 1954 Constitution
- BUT: later, regime wouldn’t allow legal restraints to control their actions.



Religion in 1949
- 3M Catholics, 1M Protestants
- Islam important in Xinjiang

Communist attitudes to religion
- Denounced, having no place in New China
- Islamic mullahs, influenced people… seen as rival to communist rule, so were the Buddhist lamas.
- Constant premise: religion had no place.

Confucianism:
During CR: attack on Confucianism became violent
- Temple at Confucius’ birthplace = attacked
- Liu Shaoqi had been purged, and he had preached Confucian ideas
- When Gang of Four wanted to attack their enemies, they launched the ‘criticise Confucius campaign’

Ancestor worship:
- Traditional beliefs = old-fashioned, not New China…
- New Year festival: families returned to their ancestral home, honour ancestors…
o Communists discouraged & condemned these traditions – encouraged NEW pratices.
 instead of traditional folktales, ppl should be told stories of struggle for liberation
Buy pictures + slogans worshipping Mao
Streets renamed, religious shrines destroyed… replaced by Mao.

- National Memorial Day
o Ch’ing Ming festival  going to graves + making offerings to ancestors
 New Communist festival announced instead.
By 1966: festival focused on those who had died during liberation.

How successful was gvtm in destroying old attitudes?
- Temples, religious states… destroyed  but this did not mean beliefs disappeared

Early religious policy
- CCP initially tried to win over leaders of religions.
- Party invited representatives to attend the First National Political Consultative Conference (NPCC) –
Sept 1949
o Included 4 Protestants, 2 Buddhists, 1 Muslim

Christianity
- Thought to be representative of Western ideas
- 1951: Religious Affairs Department (RAD) created
o 1954: upgraded  became Religious Affairs Burea.
Tasks = coerce Christians to cut ties w/ foreign countries, take over Church schools…

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