Designer: Jiang Mi (江敉)
1959, February
The dragon and the phoenix bring prosperity
Longfengchengxiang (龙凤呈祥)
Publisher: Chongqing renmin chubanshe (重庆人民出版社)
Size: 77x53 cm.
Call number: BG E16/340 (IISH collection)

The Great Leap Forward in industry and agriculture is often pictured with traditional symbols: the dragon (power, strength) and the phoenix (prosperity, good governance).