The first group formed at the middle school attached to
清华大学 in May 1966. On 18 August 1966
毛泽东 wore a Red Guard armband on
天安门 and reviewed a million of them. They attacked the
四旧 'Four Olds' and anyone branded a class enemy, until from 1968 most were sent to the countryside in the
上山下乡 movement.
