1967 in may, the preparatory group of the provincial revolutionary Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "provincial revolutionary Committee") and various mass organizations decided to demolish the old imperial city and build the "Long live Chairman Mao's exhibition hall" (hereinafter referred to as the "Long live museum"). This is the most barbaric, absurd and representative destruction of Sichuan traditional civilization during the Cultural Revolution.
References:
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