Slideshow: Photos from “Irrational Times”

Below is a selection of photos depicting Chinese people’s worship of Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution taken by Xiao Zhuang, a Zhejiang-born photojournalist who started working for Xinhua News Daily in 1952. In 2004, a number of Xiao’s works were published under the title “Irrational Times” by Zhonghua Publishing House and displayed at 798 Photo Gallery, Beijing. [Click to see]