Splitting peaks and cleaving ridges to cut a canal into the mountain (Chinese painting)

劈峰截岭开山渠 (中国画)
Pi feng jie ling kai shan qu (Zhongguohua)
Splitting peaks and cleaving ridges to cut a canal into the mountain
1972
Renmin meishu chubanshe (人民美术出版社), Beijing
53.5x38.5 cm.
BG D12/751

Workers on a steep cliff face, some of them protected with ropes, hammering the rocks and pushing them into the abyss, preparing the construction of a canal.