Editing Zhou Enlai (section)

===Suppression of public mourning===
After Zhou's single official memorial ceremony on 15 January, Zhou's political enemies within the Party officially prohibited any further displays of public mourning. The most notorious regulations prohibiting Zhou from being honored were the poorly observed and poorly enforced "five nos": no wearing black armbands, no mourning wreaths, no mourning halls, no memorial activities, and no handing out photos of Zhou. Years of resentment over the Cultural Revolution, the public persecution of Deng Xiaoping (who was strongly associated with Zhou in public perception), and the prohibition against publicly mourning Zhou became associated with each other shortly after Zhou's death, leading to popular discontent against Mao and his apparent successors (notably [[Hua Guofeng]] and the Gang of Four).<ref name="TS1">Teiwes and Sun 213</ref>

Official attempts to enforce the "five nos" included removing public memorials and tearing down posters commemorating his achievements. On 25 March 1976, a leading Shanghai newspaper, ''Wenhui Bao'', published an article stating that Zhou was "the capitalist roader inside the Party [who] wanted to help the unrepentant capitalist roader [Deng] regain his power". This and other propaganda efforts to attack Zhou's image only strengthened the public's attachment to Zhou's memory.<ref>Teiwes and Sun 214</ref> Between March and April 1976, a forged document circulated in [[Nanjing]] that claimed itself to be Zhou Enlai's last will. It attacked [[Jiang Qing]] and praised Deng Xiaoping and was met with increased propaganda efforts by the government.<ref>Teiwes and Sun 222</ref>