holiday chinese state media reported that on the morning of september 30
Ccp leader xi jinping and other party leaders entered the chairman
Memorial hall where they bowed three times to the statue of mao and paid homage to his remains
This drew plenty of discussion and analysis in china and some outlets pointed to the similarities of this incident to one in december 2013
When Xi had only been in office for about a year
He similarly led his team into the mao memorial hall to pay homage to mao Zedong
And he also allegedly quoted former ccp leader deng xiaoping saying that the banner of mao's thought cannot be thrown away
And that losing it would negate the quote glorious history of our party
but at the same time Xi had said some
Criticisms ofpremier
Zhou Enlai this temple to mao has allegedly seen a stream of ccp
Worshipers the manager at the temple said they never received an order from the government to close and stated quote even government officials
Came to kowtow in worship amid the pandemic because the temple was not closed down
And similar scenes took place in other parts of china as well where worship at most temples was forbidden and even tightly monitored
But where the worship of mao zedong mao's wife and other ccp leaders was permitted
And the ccp has even been destroying traditional temples or forcefully converting them into temples for worshiping ccp leaders
Including for example removing buddha statues and putting up statues of mao zedong
Now in a recent case in shanxi china the catholic news agency reports that