Frozen smile

The "Cultural Revolution," which began in 1966 and lasted for ten years, caused physical and spiritual pain and harm to several generations of Chinese people, and its devastating destruction of Chinese culture and society continues to profoundly influence people's thoughts and daily behaviors today, severely tearing Chinese society apart.

As a college student at the time, the author, as an adult who personally experienced the entire "Cultural Revolution," was profoundly and indelibly affected by those thrilling and terrifying ten years, shaping the later lives of his generation.

A specter—the specter of the Cultural Revolution—still lingers and wanders across the vast land of China to this day.