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Dates: during 1976-1976
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Chou's body was taken in a white hearse to the Papaoshan (Hill of Eight Treasures) Cemetery, in Peking's western suburbs, to be cremated. Nearly a million people lined the route. Then the red lacquer urn containing the ashes was displayed for three days in the Working People's Palace of Culture, the former Exalted Temple used by China's emperors to pray to their ancestors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Last Respects | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

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