 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1963, Mao Zedong akatanga Sangano reDzidzo reSocialist, iro rinoonekwa somutangiri weCultural Revolution. Kuti asimbise dzidziso yechiSocialist uye abvise zvinhu zvekare muChina, uye panguva imwe chete achishumira zvimwe zvinangwa zvematongerwe enyika, Mao akatanga Shanduko Yetsika muna May 1966, achiedza kudzokera kunzvimbo yezvematongerwe enyika muChina. Mushandirapamwe wacho wakanga uchisvika kure mumativi ose oupenyu hweChinese. Nhamba inofungidzirwa yavakafa inobva pamazana ezviuru kusvika kumamiriyoni 20. Kuurayiwa kwevanhu kwakaitika munyika yose ukuwo vanhu vakawanda vachidya vanhu; maRed Guards aityisidzira mumigwagwa sezvo vagari vakawanda vaionekwa sevanopikisa-shanduko; dzidzo uye kutakurwa kwevoruzhinji zvakamira chose chose; upenyu hwezuva nezuva hwaisanganisira kushevedzera mashoko uye kutaura mashoko aMao; vatungamiriri vakawanda vezvematongerwe enyika vakakurumbira, kusanganisira Liu Shaoqi naDeng Xiaoping, vakacheneswa ndokuonekwa sevanhu vanoshandisa nzira dzomubhizimusi. Mushandirapamwe wacho waisazoguma zvakakwana kutozosvikira parufu nokuvigwa kworudzi kwaMao Zedonguye kusungwa kweGenge reVane muna 1976. Bumbiro rechipiri reChina, rinozivikanwa seBumbiro ra1975, rakapfuudzwa muna 1975 mukati meCultural Revolution. 