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The article ''The Chinese Family Under Mao'' states regarding the atheist [[Mao Zedong]] and marriage:

The article ''The Chinese Family Under Mao'' states regarding the atheist [[Mao Zedong]] and marriage:

[[Mao Zedong|Mao]] saw the clan and the family as institutions that kept the peasants oppressed so he issued several policies to break down the family structure. Families were made to eat in cafeterias; which meant no home needed a kitchen, children were raised in daycare centers instead of being looked after by relatives, parents were cremated instead of buried, and the ancestor tablets (family records) and ancestral halls were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution.

{{Cquote|[[Mao Zedong|Mao]] saw the clan and the family as institutions that kept the peasants oppressed so he issued several policies to break down the family structure. Families were made to eat in cafeterias; which meant no home needed a kitchen, children were raised in daycare centers instead of being looked after by relatives, parents were cremated instead of buried, and the ancestor tablets (family records) and ancestral halls were destroyed in the Cultural Revolution.

Mao’s attempts to remove the family from the center of Chinese life ultimately failed, but not before destroying a few aspects of traditional culture.<ref>[https://chinachange.org/2011/03/17/the-chinese-family-under-mao/ ''The Chinese Family Under Mao'']. Chinachange.org</ref>}}

Mao’s attempts to remove the family from the center of Chinese life ultimately failed, but not before destroying a few aspects of traditional culture.<ref>[https://chinachange.org/2011/03/17/the-chinese-family-under-mao/ ''The Chinese Family Under Mao'']. Chinachange.org</ref>}}