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SEJIN PAIK'S CHINESE RAP  文化大革命 (The Great Cultural Revolution)

**Lyrics:** Chorus: In the year of 1966, the great cultural revolution came to shine China was led by Mao Ze Dong, we could say he was quite a xiong (meaning force) Bring in the new and let the crowds push through Take out the old and don't let the mass take hold This is the wen hua da ge ming The great cultural revolution

Verse 1 Mao's teaching: So first of all Mao said, Communism is what we need Soo the Socialists were out and Communism was in All the students took lead Go spread the Mao's beliefs The Little Red Book was mandatory and this is how everything proceeded

Verse 2: Then the most important point was The glorification of Mao himself everywhere you look would be pictures of Mao! here Mao, there Mao, everywhere Mao Mao this told the society how significant it was to follow what Mao thought them to do

Lets review what we have learned we can say mao was the Cult of Personality we can also say the society was brainwashed by all his teachings

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 * THE RAP:**

In class, we have looked at several different types of propaganda that was used during the Cultural Revolution. One thing they have in common is the feelings of that time in China. You can hear it in songs, see it in movies, feel it in paintings, and play it in stories. The Chinese Communist feeling rises when you are dealt with the propaganda. So to make my propaganda special, I wanted to make it unique to our society now. In another words, I made a rap out of the Cultural Revolution based lyrics. The lyrics contain the basic foundation of when Cultural Revolution was started, who started it, what it was called in Chinese and ultimately the teachings of Mao. However, rather than singing a song similar to the time before, I just chose to rap to it. It brings out our world trend now and how it feels in the modern world, however, it still contains the message that was to be delivered in the 20th century. Talking more about the lyrics, the Chorus contains the basic knowledge of the Communist Revolution. The purpose of saying the Chinese version of the Cultural Revolution was because I wanted to know what it sounded like. I wanted to know what the people in that era would say and how they would feel. Also, in bits of the rap, I would put in chinese words to make the rap more interesting. Finally, I tried to put in key ideas we learned in class about what Mao had spread over the society. From the site Morning Sun, I analyzed one of the buttons displayed about Mao. The one I picked depicted Mao being high up in the air, but not all the way up in the sky. That shows that he have the full control over China and he is the one who has the closest chance of commanding people and brainwashing them. Also, the button is colorfully colored, with the color red standing out. To compare it with my propaganda, I feel that the part of my lyric where I talk about Mao being glorified is also shown on the button. On the side, there is a statue or a structure that looks like a cross. Although Christianity may have nothing to with the Cultural Revolution, it may mean that Mao was seen as a god-like figure. A difference that I found between the two propaganda was that the buttons could be worn everywhere and taken everywhere. It is very visible for many people to see and to wear. On the other hand, the rap propaganda could be fun to hear and easily remembered. The melody or beat could help people to sing along with the lyrics and eventually make them think about what it is about.
 * THE ANALYSIS:**

Citation:Top picture from http://www.chinatour.com/countryinfo/culturalrevlution.jpg