Now 20 years old, Shen Yun has a mission of reviving an ancient culture that was "almost lost" during the communists' destructive Cultural Revolution, presenting "China before communism."

Since coming to power, the regime has actively distorted and destroyed cultural traditions, from the Cultural Revolution to the persecution of faith groups. Drawing on his own cultural background, Mr.

Shen Yun's dozens of dancers and artists have a passion for classical Chinese dance and reviving the ancient values that were "almost lost" in China's after the destructive cultural revolution during the mid-1960s.

During the Cultural Revolution, countless temples were torn down, Buddha statues were smashed, and cultural relics were destroyed. Ning Haizhong and Luo Ya contributed to this report.

For the New York dance company Shen Yun Performing Arts, that means reviving tradition and values, two treasures of ancient China that were nearly snuffed out during the communists' cultural revolution in the 1960s.

His policies indicate artificially imposed goals for China’s economy, similar to those in the Cultural Revolution—such goals didn’t materialize.

Through ancient Chinese myths and legends, Shen Yun teaches the values of ancient times, which it says were "almost lost" in campaigns like China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.

Since coming to power, the CCP has systematically distorted and eroded China’s cultural heritage through campaigns such as the Cultural Revolution and the ongoing persecution of faith groups. Mr.

These traditions were nearly destroyed in China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, and now Shen Yun's mission seeks to stir a Chinese cultural renaissance through dance.

It took the death of Mao Zedong (1976) to put a gradual end to the Cultural Revolution.

The New York-based company has been touring for 20 years, fulfilling a mission to revive a culture that was "almost lost" during China's destructive Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.

The performing arts company advertises itself as "China before communism" and strives to revive the authentic Chinese culture that was "almost destroyed" in the Cultural Revolution that began in the 1960s.

China's Cultural Revolution, from 1966 to 1976, especially eradicated many traditional aspects of Chinese culture.

Based in New York, Shen Yun began a mission 20 years ago to revive the ancient values of China, which were "almost lost" during the country's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s.

For 20 years, the artists of Shen Yun have been working to revive "China before communism," and the traditional values that were "almost lost" following the devastating Cultural Revolution. That entails rekindling kindness and compassion.

All are passionate about expressing the culture of “China before communism” that is forbidden in their ancestral homeland—which was "almost lost" in the purges of China's cultural revolution.

“I was born and grew up in China under communism, and during the Mao era and the Cultural Revolution [the Chinese Communist Party] destroyed all the traditional values and cultures.

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Jung Chang CBE, whose best-selling novel "Wild Swans" is said to have opened the world’s eyes to the horrors committed by the Chinese Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution. Ms.

In the 1960s, it began a brutal campaign called the Cultural Revolution to dismantle the spiritual basis of China's millennia of culture. Mr.

Based in upstate New York, Shen Yun has for two decades strived to revive a culture that was "almost lost" in China's devastating Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. Mr.

Since coming to power, the CCP has systematically distorted and eroded China’s cultural heritage through campaigns such as the Cultural Revolution and the ongoing persecution of faith groups. Mr.

Through legends, the show highlighted values that were "almost lost" in China's devastating cultural revolution and a spirituality that was later gutted under the officially atheist communist regime.

“The madness of Mao and [the cultural revolution] destroyed everything.” With Chinese heritage on his mother’s side, Mr. Schulz resonated with the performance on a personal level.

Five thousand years of ancient culture were "almost lost" during China's devastating cultural revolution in the mid-1960s, the group states on its website, but Shen Yun is on a mission to keep it alive. "I love the flow.

This New York-based classical Chinese dance company strives to revive "China before communism," a culture it says was "almost lost" during Mao's destructive cultural revolution in the 1960s. The artists entertain and educate in the modern day.

As the Cultural Revolution ended, they returned to Shanghai.

Shen Yun is the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company, with a mission to revive 5,000 years of China’s divinely inspired heritage after much of it was lost in the cultural revolution after communism took hold in the Middle Kingdom.

The artists are on a mission to revive a culture that was "almost lost" during communism's repressive Cultural Revolution from the mid-1960s. Shen Yun's dancers specialize in the soundless and universal language of classical Chinese dance.

Indeed, the CCP has relentlessly sought to erase cultural memory since rising to power, from the ravages of the Cultural Revolution to the suppression of spiritual and faith-based practices.

The time-honored beliefs and values of ancient China were "almost lost" in its devastating cultural revolution, the group states on its website. They now aim to revive that traditional culture while presenting "China before communism" to the world.