Mao Zedong buried in China

On September 18, 1976, Mao Zedong was buried in China. As a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921 and the leader who established the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mao was a central figure in 20th-century communism.

His leadership was defined by a focus on peasant-led revolution rather than the urban worker model favored by some contemporaries. His tenure included the Korean War and the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, an era aimed at preserving communist spirit through intense social and political shifts.