Mao Zedong

==Portrayal in film and television==
Mao has been portrayed in film and television numerous times. Some notable actors include: Han Shi, the first actor ever to have portrayed Mao, in a 1978 drama ''Dielianhua'' and later again in a 1980 film ''Cross the Dadu River'';<ref>{{cite web|title=Being Mao Zedong|url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2011-07/04/content_22917108.htm|work=Global Times|access-date=15 March 2013|date=4 July 2011}}</ref> [[Gu Yue]], who had portrayed Mao 84 times on screen throughout his 27-year career and had won the Best Actor title at the [[Hundred Flowers Awards]] in 1990 and 1993;<ref>{{cite web|title=Famous actor playing Mao Zedong dies|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/05/eng20050705_194191.html|work=People's Daily|access-date=15 March 2013|date=5 July 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Actor famous for playing Mao Zedong dies of miocardial infarction|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200507/05/eng20050705_194076.html|work=People's Daily|access-date=15 March 2013|date=5 July 2005}}</ref> [[Liu Ye (actor)|Liu Ye]], who played a young Mao in ''[[The Founding of a Party]]'' (2011);<ref>{{cite web|last=Liu|first=Wei|title=The reel Mao|url=http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2011-06/03/content_12636667.htm|work=China Daily European Weekly|access-date=15 March 2013|date=3 June 2011}}</ref> [[Tang Guoqiang]], who has frequently portrayed Mao in more recent times, in the films ''The Long March'' (1996) and ''[[The Founding of a Republic]]'' (2009), and the television series ''[[Huang Yanpei (TV series)|Huang Yanpei]]'' (2010), among others.<ref>{{cite web|last=Xiong|first=Qu|title=Actors expect prosperity of Chinese culture|url=http://english.cntv.cn/program/cultureexpress/20111126/104783.shtml|publisher=CCTV News|access-date=15 March 2013|date=26 November 2011|archive-date=14 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214133729/http://english.cntv.cn/program/cultureexpress/20111126/104783.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mao is a principal character in American composer [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]]' opera ''[[Nixon in China]]'' (1987). [[The Beatles]]' song "[[Revolution (Beatles song)|Revolution]]" refers to Mao in the verse "but if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao you ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow...";<ref name="AldridgeBeatles1969">{{cite book |first1=Alan |last1=Aldridge |author2=Beatles |title=The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DKG-FXj_HNYC&pg=PA104 |year=1969 |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] |isbn=978-0395594261 |page=104}}</ref> [[John Lennon]] expressed regret over including these lines in the song in 1972.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Spignesi |first1=Stephen J. |last2=Lewis |first2=Michael |title=Here, There, and Everywhere: The 100 Best Beatles Songs |year=2004 |location=New York |publisher=[[Black Dog Publishing|Black Dog]] |isbn=978-1579123697 |page=40}}</ref>