Red Guards, also known as Red Guards, are a special group formed by a group of students, founded on May 29, 1966, the first Red Guard organization was officially born, and since then quickly spread throughout the country. You know, the Red Guards in their heyday were as high as more than 10 million, becoming a stormy group in that special period.
It is not an exaggeration to say that they were invincible in that special era. Perhaps friends who are familiar with history know that this group of Red Guards did many crazy things in those years and brought great losses to the people of the country. The once invincible Red Guards finally officially withdrew from the historical stage in October 1979, ending the activities of Red Guards throughout the country, and also marking the official end of that special period.
As the once invincible five leaders of the Red Guards, what is the outcome of their lives after the end of the special period?
The leader of the Red Guards, Wang Dabin Wang Dabin, a native of Liangshan, Sichuan, was born into a poor peasant family, but through his own hard work, he was admitted to the Beijing Institute of Geology in 1961 and became a college student. In that era, being able to go to Beijing to study at university was definitely a flying branch and becoming a phoenix. While studying in Beijing, Wang Dabin joined the party, and on the eve of graduating from university, he joined the rebellion movement and pulled up a large team of Red Guards, becoming one of the five leaders of the Red Guards at that time, making many crazy moves, bringing certain losses to the people and the country. Therefore, after the end of that special period, Wang Dabin, the once invincible leader of the five Red Guards, was incommunicado and censored and sentenced to nine years in prison. After being released from prison in 1983, Wang Dabin devoted himself to industrial construction and served as the general manager of a company in Dujiangyan City. On June 26, 2019, Wang Dabin passed away.
The leader of the Red Guards, Ertanhoulan, is a native of Wangcheng, Hunan Province, an intellectual with high cultural knowledge who worked as a people's teacher when he was young. In 1961, Tan Houlan was sent to Beijing Normal University to study. In 1966, Tan Houlan participated in the incident of the Northern Division's Daji newspaper and participated in many criticism activities, becoming one of the leaders of the division's Red Guards. During that special period, Tan Houlan led the Red Guards of the Northern Division to destroy the Temple of Confucius, causing a large number of cultural relics to be damaged, and the losses were incalculable. After the Gang of Four was crushed, Tan Houlan was arrested. So, for the rest of the years, she spent all her time in prison. In 1981, Tan Houlan became seriously ill and was released on medical parole, allowing her to return to her hometown for treatment. In November 1982, Tan Houlan died of illness at the age of 45, never married.
The leader of the Red Guards, Nie Yuanzi, a native of Hua County, Henan, was the leader of the Peking University rebels during that special period. In fact, Nie Yuanzi is also an old revolutionary, in 1938, during the Anti-Japanese War, she joined the Eighth Route Army and became a member of our party, when she was only 17 years old. During the Liberation War, Nie Yuanzi was engaged in propaganda work in the ranks and actively devoted himself to the revolution and cause. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Nie Yuanzi entered Peking University as the deputy head of the Department of Economics. Therefore, during that special period, Nie Yuanzi became the director of the Cultural Revolution of Peking University. On August 18, 1966, Nie Yuanzi was invited to the Tiananmen Tower and received by great people, becoming one of the most dazzling Red Guard leaders at that time.
In November 1969, Nie Yuanzi was sent to a certain area in Jiangxi for renovation, and returned to Beijing a year later for treatment. In 1971, Nie Yuanzi was placed in isolation and censored and his personal freedom was restricted. In 1973, Nie Yuanzi went to a factory to participate in labor. On March 6, 1983, Nie Yuanzi was sentenced to 17 years in prison, and due to physical reasons, he was released on parole in 1986 until August 28, 2019, when Nie Yuanzi died of illness, completing a life of ups and downs.
The leader of the Red Guards, Han Aijing, a native of Lianshui, Jiangsu, whose father participated in the revolution in his early years and unfortunately died. In this way, he became an orphan of martyrs, was cared for by the organization, and entered the Beijing Aviation Institute. During that special period, Han Aijing became one of the leaders of the Red Guards of the Aviation Academy. Because Han Aijing often organized martial arts, he was known as the commander of the Red Guards.
In 1971, Han Aijing, who was once invincible, was incommunicado and censored, and was finally sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 1987, Han Aijing's life ushered in a turning point and was released. Later, under the arrangement of the organization, Han Aijing went to work in an engineering factory in Hunan Province.
The leader of the Red Guards, Wu Kuang Dafu, is a native of Binhai County, Jiangsu Province, and he is a standard second-generation Red Guard, and his parents are both members of our party. Although Kuang Dafu is the second generation of red, he was able to enter Peking University by relying on his true skills and did not go through the back door, and it can be seen that Kuang Dafu is also a high intellectual.
Kuang Dafu, who entered Tsinghua University to study, became one of the leaders of the Red Guards during that special period, and during this period, he founded the Jinggangshan Corps of Tsinghua, known as Commander Kuang, and presided over many criticism meetings. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, Kuang Dafu was arrested and sentenced to 17 years in prison. In 1987, Kuang was released to work in an aluminum factory. To be able to obtain such an ending, Kuang Dafu is lucky.