'Red Bean Army' tag derived from Mao's 'Red Guards'

The Red Guards of China during its Cultural Revolution from a cover of a Chinese school textbook.

THE tag “Red Bean Army” is said to be derived from Chairman Mao’s “Red Guards” during China’s Cultural Revolution.

The Red Guards are a group of students in their teens and 20s who banded together in 1966 to overturn the “old order” and fight to protect the revolution and preserve their Chairman’s Thoughts.