Mao badges at Jinan Archives Information Network
Published by kgroetsch July 11th, 2006 in Badges.
As a native English-speaker, I occasionally forget about the wealth of Cultural Revolution-era ephemera that’s out there on Chinese-language web sites. Take the above, for instance; back in 2003 — in celebration of the 110th anniversary of Mao’s birth — the folks at the Jinan Archives Information Network assembled a small collection of Chairman Mao badges. There’s no descriptive text accompanying the images, but there’s a broad range of badge types, including one that’s heart-shaped and another featuring yellow rays of sun radiating out from Mao’s image. Well worth a quick look at the very least, and a reminder not to ignore Chinese sites.
this is cool
I’ve put up quite a few badges on mt Flickr site, and also transcribed the rear of the badge in Chinese and English. This is a work in rogress, so I’ll keep adding to it from time to time.
It’s here at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_servethepeople/sets/72157594294512567/
Mike
Yuan-tsung Chen published a book recently called, “Return to Middle Kingdom”. Ms. Chen’s portraits of the historical players are unforgettable. I was particularly taken with the first appearance in the book of Mao Zedong as a lanky, thirty years old young man. A wonderful tribute.