From iFeng:

1976 September 9th Mao Zedong dies, grief throughout China

1976 September 9th, 10 minutes past the midnight, Mao Zedong departed from this world. September 18th, representatives from the capital and other regions of the country paid their last respects to Chairman Mao. Textile women in the capital, when faced with the remains of Chairman Mao, cried in deep grief.

Students hearing the news that Mao had passed away weeped bitterly. (Photographed by Jiang Shaowu)

1976 September 11th, representatives in the People’s Liberation Army paid their respects to the remains of Mao Zedong.

September, 1976, ethnic minority representatives paid their respects to the remains of Mao Zedong, mourning the death of a leader.

September, 1976, ethnic minority representatives attending Mao Zedong’s memorial service.

1976 September 18th, millions of people in the capital attended the memorial service of Mao Zedong.

September, 1976, people in the capital mourned with deep grief for the death of Mao Zedong.

1976 September 17th, people from all circles started to pay their last respects to the remains of Mao Zedong.

1976 September 18th, millions of people in the capital attending Mao Zedong’s memorial service.

1976 September, ethnic minority representatives paid their respects to the remains of Mao Zedong, mourning Mao Zedong.

1976 September 9th, Mao Anqing [Son of Mao Zedong] and Mao Xinyu [Grandson of Mao Zedong] set up a mourning hall for Chairman Mao.

1976 September, people of Shaoshan [hometown of Mao Zedong] mourning the death of Mao Zedong.

1976 September 9th, people of Zhaotong mourning the death of great leader and mentor Mao Zedong.

1976 September 9th, people of Zhaotong mourning the death of great leader and mentor Mao Zedong.

September, 1976, troops in Heilongjiang participating in the mourning of the death of Mao Zedong as led by Her of the Battle of Zhenbaodao Island Leng Pengfei [front row, first on the right).

1976 September 18th, in Harbin of Heilongjiang province, 500,000 people gathered in the People’s Stadium of Harbin, holding a memorial service for the death of great leader and mentor Chairman Mao Zedong. This is just one corner of the stadium.

1976 September, a Shanghai theatre hung a banner mourning Mao Zedong, as city residents wearing black armbands filed in.

1976 September, a fruit and vegetable market in Shanghai, where city residents wore black armbands in mourning of Mao Zedong’s death.

1976 September, the solemn atmosphere of Tiananmen Square after Mao Zedong’s death.

1976 September, various Changsha primary and middle school teachers and students at a mourning hall to mourn Mao Zedong.

1976 September, soon after Mao Zedong’s death, at a Shanghai breakfast stall, city residents wearing white clothes and black armbands.

People around Changsha proactively organized a mourning group and came to Qingshuitang to mourn the death of Mao Zedong.

1976 September, Hong Kong residents gathered at a shop watching news of Mao Zedong’s death on television.

1976 September 9th, in Paris, France, 200 people gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy in France to mourn the death of Mao Zedong.

1976 September 10th, in Tokyo, Japan, a Japanese girl cried when mourning Mao Zedong.

Comments from iFeng:

凤凰网上海市网友：做个老实人

Chairman Mao, people will always remember you!

凤凰网黑龙江省佳木斯市网友：xg87170285

Don’t cry, and you might be condemned as a counterrevolutionary.

凤凰网越南网友：lilonghua11

In those times, millions died unnatural deaths…

凤凰网北京市网友：MOSHEN

Sad story! Cups!

凤凰网甘肃省网友：谢林君

Chairman Mao is forever with the workers, farmers and all laborers.

凤凰网新疆网友：nukexj

Recalling that crazy age.

凤凰网江西省赣州市网友：expl

The second picture, does that look like real crying?

凤凰网重庆市网友：aP_ming

Hehe.

凤凰网辽宁省沈阳市网友：XUGUANGABC

Hahaha interesting.

凤凰网湖南省长沙市网友：楚天云

After 40 years of slander from the authorities/officials, there are now waves upon waves of “Mao Zedong fever”. What does this tell us?

凤凰网吉林省四平市网友：lijiandao

In his heart was the people!

凤凰网天津市网友：ycdvip

So similar, that crazy time period!

凤凰网新疆伊犁州网友：zhaoyujob

The Major General [Mao’s grandson Mao Xinyu] was quite good looking when he was small.

凤凰网四川省成都市网友：tomtdh