Lesser-Known "Eight Secrets" of the Mao Zedong Memorial Hall

"Paying Respects" Is Actually a Tactic for "Drawing Vital Energy" (Photo: On December 26, 2023, members of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee and senior officials in Beijing bowing to the statue of Mao Zedong. Screenshot from a video.)

[People News] This year, December 26 marks the 131st anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On this occasion, the already busy Mao Zedong Memorial Hall is expected to see another surge in visitors. Deeply poisoned by the CCP’s atheistic propaganda and deceived for years by its efforts to deify Mao, many visitors remain unaware of the hall’s true nature or the potential risks involved. Under the guise of "paying respects to the remains," the activity is, in fact, a grand scheme for "ghostly extraction of human vitality."

In Light of This, This Article Is Written to Enlighten the Public

The Communist Leader: "Dead but Unburied, Restless in the Afterlife"

The Chinese idiom "一了百了" (one ends, all ends) is sometimes used as a euphemism for death. Life’s joys and sorrows, loves and hates, all come to an end; then one is buried to rest in peace. At that point, a person’s journey in this world reaches a full stop. This has been the norm throughout history.

However, in today’s world, there are a select few "deviations from humanity" who refuse to follow this natural order. For them, it is not "one ends, all ends," but rather "ends without truly ending." After their deaths, they are not buried for peace; instead, their corpses remain on display for the world to see. They eschew full stops in favor of ellipses. Memorial halls, crystal coffins, corpse preservation, and exhibitions of their remains are their standard configurations. These "deviations from humanity" include the founding fathers of communism: Soviet Communist leader Vladimir Lenin; Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Mao Zedong; Vietnamese Communist leader Ho Chi Minh; North Korean Workers’ Party leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. Even Joseph Stalin, once among these ranks, was later removed from Lenin’s Mausoleum by the Soviet people.

Today, we will set aside the others and focus solely on Mao Zedong’s memorial hall, crystal coffin, corpse preservation, and corpse exhibition to uncover eight secrets surrounding these arrangements.

Secret 1: Two Bodies Lie in the Memorial Hall

Everyone knows that Mao Zedong’s body lies in the memorial hall. However, few are aware that in Mao’s above-ground tomb, another body—of an unidentified male with unknown origins and cause of death—lies alongside him. This individual shares similarities with Mao in age, weight, physique, and cause of death. His body is preserved for the sole purpose of serving as a test subject for preservation techniques intended for Mao. When new techniques are tested, experiments are conducted on this unknown body first. Only if successful are they applied to Mao’s remains. Periodically, experts extract small samples from both Mao’s body and this unidentified corpse to analyze the state of preservation of Mao’s tissues.

In essence, this nameless corpse serves as a "lab rat" for Mao Zedong’s body.

Secret 2: Preserving Mao’s Body Required Killing Someone

After Mao Zedong’s death, CCP leaders held an emergency meeting and decided to preserve his body long-term. The most critical aspect of preservation was his exposed head. From a technical standpoint, creating a "reference standard" was essential for monitoring future changes. However, Mao’s face could not be subjected to repeated mold-making tests, nor could it suffer any damage. To solve this dilemma, experts proposed—and CCP leaders approved—a horrifying plan.

In his memoir, A Decade of Dreams: Cultural Revolution Memories, former Shanghai Party Secretary Xu Jingxian revealed a chilling inside story: Liu Xiangping, then Minister of Health, instructed Shanghai to find a freshly deceased body and immediately cast a complete plaster mold of its face for permanent preservation and further study.

To this end, Shanghai selected a death-row inmate who had already been sentenced to execution. The prisoner was executed by lethal injection, and his freshly deceased body was used for the experiment. This was reportedly the first instance of lethal injection execution in China. Without this plaster mold project, the prisoner might have lived a bit longer. Instead, he met his fate prematurely.

Why did the CCP choose to conduct this experiment in Shanghai rather than Beijing? Readers are free to draw their own conclusions.

Secret 3: Mao’s Body Was Dissected and Subjected to “Major Surgery”

Initially, Mao Zedong’s body was placed in an underground surgical chamber at the 301 Military Hospital in Beijing, submerged in a preservation solution. From September 1976 to August 1977, experts summoned from across China performed extensive procedures on Mao’s corpse. His heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, intestines, liver, pancreas, bladder, gallbladder, and spleen were removed one after another and immersed in formalin for preservation. The cavity in his torso was then stuffed with cotton soaked in formalin. Mao’s brain, however, was left untouched, as the specialists were reluctant to cut open his skull.

On September 9, 1976, the day Mao died, the CCP Politburo held an emergency meeting to discuss three matters: arrangements for Mao’s funeral, the handling of his body, and whether foreign guests would be invited to Beijing to pay their respects. Since Mao had personally signed a 1956 "Cremation Advocacy Letter," the initial plan was to preserve the body temporarily, ensuring it lasted through the 15-day funeral ceremonies, and then cremate it.

However, 1976 was a tumultuous year for the CCP. The deaths of Mao, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De occurred in quick succession; internal party power struggles intensified; a devastating earthquake struck Tangshan; and the Cultural Revolution had left deep societal scars. Faced with these challenges, CCP leaders Hua Guofeng and Ye Jianying ultimately decided to stabilize the political situation by leveraging Mao’s residual authority. They adopted the Soviet practice of permanently preserving the leader's remains.

This decision presented an immense challenge to the specialists. Technically, for long-term preservation, the internal organs should be removed within two hours of death, and the body’s blood vessels, including capillaries, should be thoroughly cleaned and filled with preservatives. However, Mao’s blood had not been drained in time, and the preservation process was already delayed.

The experts, desperate to salvage the situation, opted to inject formalin into the body. When they reached the recommended volume of 16 liters, Mao’s body became bloated, with a swollen, glossy appearance. Preservation fluid began seeping out of his pores like sweat. Mao’s appearance was grotesque—his entire body was puffed up, his face ballooned, his neck and head were the same width, and his ears stuck out. Mao’s personal secretary, Zhang Yufeng, was horrified and scolded the experts:
"How can you let the Chairman look like this? Will the Central Committee approve of this?"

The specialists hastily used towels and cotton to massage Mao’s face and neck, attempting to redistribute the fluid into deeper tissues and the chest cavity. However, the fluid was easier to inject than to extract. One inexperienced doctor accidentally rubbed off a small patch of skin on Mao’s right cheek, leaving him trembling with fear. Fortunately, an experienced specialist carefully applied petroleum jelly and yellow pigment with a cotton swab, concealing the damage. After prolonged massaging, Mao’s face deflated, and his ears no longer stuck out prominently, though his neck remained thick. Eventually, Mao’s appearance was deemed just barely acceptable for public display.

Secret 4: Mao’s Body Nearly Decomposed

Although Mao’s crystal coffin is sealed, staff occasionally reach inside to adjust his clothing, allowing bacteria to infiltrate. Prolonged exposure to air further accelerates bacterial contamination. According to Zhu Peikang, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference who participated in the preservation efforts, Mao’s body nearly decomposed in 1999, forcing the memorial hall to temporarily close for repairs. After restoration, the body was returned to its original state. Zhu estimated that, with existing Chinese technology, Mao’s body could be preserved for another 50 years.

However, Zhu’s statement likely referred to the preservation of the body in relatively intact form. Historical records show that Lenin’s body, preserved for over 100 years, now consists only of a mostly intact head and a few remaining limbs, with the rest having decayed.

Secret 5: The Crystal Coffin’s Quartz Purity Is "99.9999%"

A crystal coffin is a hallmark of Communist leaders' body preservation and exhibition. When CCP leaders issued a classified directive to Donghai County in Jiangsu Province—China’s premier source of natural quartz—it launched a project codenamed "Project No. 1," deemed a political priority.

According to The Crystal Coffin by Zheng Yi, under military supervision, workers at the 105 Mine in Donghai County worked around the clock for several months. They manually selected 32 tons of premium quartz from tens of thousands of rocks. These were then transported in batches by airplane and train to Beijing.

The task of crafting the crystal coffin was entrusted to secret factories in Beijing, Shanghai, and Jinzhou. For initial trials, the craftsmen used K9 synthetic quartz instead of natural quartz to avoid wasting precious materials. The first two prototypes were rejected, but the third was successful.

After perfecting the process, the workers began crafting the fourth coffin using the expensive natural quartz. It took a full year after Mao’s death to complete this one-of-a-kind crystal coffin. To account for potential earthquakes, war, damage, or wear and tear, a fifth backup coffin was also made.

The final product’s dimensions—length, width, and height—were accurate to within 0.01 millimeters, thinner than a strand of hair. The rectangular coffin required vacuum sealing, with allowable dimensional deviations measured at one ten-thousandth. The quartz purity reached "six nines," or 99.9999%, with impurities limited to one part per million. This level of precision has never been replicated globally. To accommodate a deceased dictator, the CCP spared no effort or expense, demonstrating extraordinary dedication to preserving Mao’s remains.

Secret 6: The Cost of Preserving Mao’s Body

The quartz purity of Mao’s crystal coffin reached 99.9999%, which is nearly mythical, and behind this myth lies astronomical sums of money! The author attempted to find cost data regarding the "repairing the memorial hall, creating the crystal coffin, and preserving the body" projects but found no specific figures for the first two. Only for the third project, "body preservation," was there a reference: "The cost of preserving Lenin's body is over 1 million USD per year; the clothing for the body is also changed regularly, with expensive orders from Switzerland costing up to 30,000 USD."

To maintain the operation of the memorial hall, the central office of the CCP established a bureau-level unit for this task. This unit’s staff were given lavish meals, and with the rampant corruption within the government, the expenditures were significant.

According to records, the memorial hall undergoes minor repairs every year and major repairs every ten years. The task of maintaining the memorial hall was assigned to the military-affiliated Chinese Emerging Group. Since the hall’s completion, there have been 47 minor repairs and 4 major repairs. The costs, including corruption and inefficiency, are astronomical. To the Chinese people, the memorial hall is essentially a burning furnace for money—a purely negative asset.

Secret 7: Mao's Mausoleum Occupies the "Nation’s Gate"

There were five proposed locations for Mao’s memorial, three of which were within Tiananmen Square, one in Jingshan, and another in Xiangshan. Many experts favored Xiangshan, but unfortunately, the CCP leadership ultimately decided on the center of Tiananmen Square.

The center of Tiananmen Square is no ordinary place. Historically, it was the site of an important gate. During the Ming Dynasty, it was called the "Daming Gate," in the Qing Dynasty, the "Daqing Gate," and during the Republic of China, it was called the "Zhonghua Gate," earning it the name "Nation's Gate."

In 1959, the CCP launched a massive expansion of Tiananmen Square, demolishing the Nation’s Gate in the process. In 1976, the CCP built Mao’s memorial where the Nation’s Gate once stood, effectively constructing a mausoleum or, in some ways, a grand tomb in place of a national landmark. This decision, symbolically placing a tomb at the heart of the nation, could be seen as turning the memorial into the "nation's gate." For those with knowledge of feng shui, this might be alarming, as the placement of the memorial in this location could be interpreted as ominous. Even for those unfamiliar with feng shui, it could still evoke a sense of unease or shock.

Secret 8: The Metaphysical Interpretation of "Viewing the Remains"

"Corpse worship" is both eerie and mystical, a cultural phenomenon common in communist countries, forming part of the "party culture." It also represents an unprecedented cultural anomaly in human history. Corpse worship is a unique expertise of the Communist Party, and the preservation of bodies is considered a special skill, with the display of the deceased a particular obsession.

In The Devils Who Rule Our World (published by The Epoch Times on May 18, 2018), the book further explores the true nature of "Communism":

"Communism is not an ideology, a theory, or a failed attempt in humanity's search for a way out. It is the devil, also known as the communist evil spirit (as Marx called it a 'specter of communism' in the Communist Manifesto—author’s note), composed of hatred and various corrupt substances from the lower realms of the universe." In other words, the Communist Party is the devil. The nature of the devil is to harm people. And corpse worship is one of the ways it harms people. How do we explain this? Let me give an example.

We know that in China, there is a tradition of offering birthday wishes to elders during the New Year and other holidays. This practice, known as "Bai Shou" (birthday worship), involves the younger generation showing respect to their elders through a kneeling ceremony. The specific practice is as follows: the younger person kneels facing the elder, and with a sincere and respectful heart, they bow deeply, praying for the elder's longevity—this is the true essence of the Bai Shou culture. So, what is the underlying principle of this practice?

Modern science has discovered that the human brain can emit a substance called "brainwaves," which is recognized as a form of energy. This energy arises from the younger person’s sincere respect and reverence toward the elder, making it positive energy. Furthermore, this positive energy is directed specifically toward the elder, and as a result, the "brainwaves" immediately affect the elder, contributing to their prolonged life. This is the scientific principle behind kneeling to elders and praying for their longevity.

Some may consider this to be metaphysical, but in reality, it is also science. Metaphysics, in fact, is a higher form of science.

Now, let's look back at the Chinese Communist Party's practice of exhibiting Mao Zedong’s preserved body, calling it "paying respects to the remains." The idea is to view Mao’s body with high reverence and solemn respect. Take a moment to reflect on how similar this is to the act of bowing to elders. Thus, the energy generated by the people who "pay respects" to Mao’s body is invisibly absorbed by it. The more people who "pay respects," the more energy the body receives. This energy helps to slow down the body’s decomposition and contributes to its preservation.

Of course, the people who pay their respects may not feel a noticeable loss, but the phenomenon of "ghosts absorbing human energy" is actually happening.

Conclusion

When one visits Tiananmen Square, it's essentially a walk through the world's largest urban cemetery.

Visiting Mao's memorial hall is like stepping into a grand tomb above ground, a "living" monument for Mao and another unnamed body lying within.

The practice of "viewing the remains" is a ritualized deception, with visitors unknowingly participating in a form of energy exchange, feeding into the perpetuation of the myth of Mao’s "immortal" presence.

As the article ends, it leaves readers with a question: If, on December 26, 2024, at noon, Tiananmen Square is emptied, and the memorial hall opens its doors to just one visitor, offering free admission to "experience this journey," would you dare to enter?

Your answer would be the best testament to your thoughts on the blessings or curses associated with Mao’s grand tomb.