Mao Zedong's infamous mango cult - Vivian Jiang

To learn more about propaganda art and visual media during the Cultural Revolution, read this book by Stefan Landsberger. Music, especially Chinese traditional music, was not spared during the Cultural Revolution. To learn about how music was impacted during this time, read this book that examines propaganda music. Watch the movie Farewell My Concubine, a dazzling and tragic historical drama about Peking opera set against the backdrop of 20^th-century Chinese history, including its forced evolution during the Cultural Revolution.

Interested in learning more about the history of mangos outside of China? Listen to this podcast episode dedicated to mangos from Gastropod, a show about the intersection of food, history, and science. They also have a fascinating episode on the birth and rise of American Chinese food. And for a more mouth-watering journey through global food history, check out this TED-Ed Lesson on the history of dumplings.