# 1 horror teaching of Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution (1966 to 1976)

 

“No gods shall tell us what to do. We are masters of our own destiny.”                                                                                                          -- Chairman Mao                                                                                     

As a result, thousands of temples, monasteries and statues of Taoist gods and of Lord Buddha were destroyed. 

After Mao’s death, religious freedom was restored but, till today, there is no official religion for the PRC.