The exhibition, entitled Heavenly Peace 1919-2008, opened in the Hungarian cultural centre's Moholy-Nagy Gallery on July 13.
Hungarians at the time saw the Hungarian Soviet Republic, which was the first Communist government established in Europe following the October Revolution in Russia, as a bringer of peace. The peace lasted for just 133 days in 1919.
There are only some similarities between this period in Hungary's history and Mao's Cultural Revolution and the exhibition focuses on these shared aspects, says curator Veronika Baksa-Soós.
A film by Dezső Magyar, entitled Agitators, showing the factory halls where the culture of Communist propaganda developed in Hungary, complements images of similar factory scenes in China by Muchen and Shao Yinong.
Peace achieved through oppression is the theme of works by Wang Mai and György Galántai.
Chairman Mao himself is the subject of a staged documentary by Szilveszter Siklósi and Nyika Jancsó. The piece fits well with images of Mao memorials by Shao Yinong.
China's feudal-Marxist reality in 1978 is well presented in a film by Klaus Mettig and Katharina Sieverding. And photographs by Mari Benedek and Dániel Németh show the burgeoning activity of Hungary's Chinese community.
A film by Mathias Frick gives visitors an overview of contemporary China and its artists.
