Study On Rural Cultural Building Thought Of Mao Zedong During New-democratic Revolution Period

One of Marxist basic principles is that social existing determines social consciousness, meanwhile social consciousness has relatively independent character which reacts on social existing. According to this principle, Mao Zedong explored culture and politics, economy relation as well as cultural building during new-democratic revolution period. At that time, rural areas had become China's revolutionary base which caused peasants were the key problem of China's revolution. The CPC had no alternative but to encircle the cities from the rural areas and seize power by armed force. In such circumstances, Mao Zedong paid special attention to study rural cultural building. Nowadays, research to the rural cultural building thought of Mao Zedong of this period deeply, there will be a positive meaning in the current new rural construction of socialism.The thesis includes three parts: preface, formal part and epilogue. The preface relates to brief survey of the theme. It comprises the value of the subject, the status of the study, the analytical frame of the whole article, and the definitions of the key words. The formal part is composed of three parts: The first part analyses the course and reason of rural cultural building thought which Mao Zedong put forward. The second part expounds the basic content and characteristics of the rural cultural building thought of Mao Zedong in details. The former includes ideology and politics and moral construction, cultural education and propaganda of scientific and technological knowledge, rural masses literature and art cause, rural sports and hygiene cause and so on. The latter contains five parts: First, give free rein to political and ideological education for reforming peasants'thoughts. Second, take advantage of"Army-Mass cooperation"operating model to change the army into the work team for rural cultural building. Third, emphasize the cultural building's integration on contents and forms according to the era's requirements. Fourth, advocate the unification of popularity and improvement, whereas popularity is more important. Fifth, stress the political function of culture when gives prominence to system of culture, politics and economy. The third part analyses the historical meaning of rural cultural building thought of Mao Zedong as well as inspiration to the present day. The epilogue briefly summarizes the whole article.