Even Niulang is impressed; the shepherd boy drives a tractor

牛郎連称了不起;牧童駕駛拖拉机
Niulang lian cheng liaobuqi; mutong jiashi tuolaji
Even Niulang is impressed; the shepherd boy drives a tractor
1958, October
Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe (上海人民美术出版社)
53x39 cm.
BG D91/108

Left part of a set of two Door Gods posters titled "Heroic figures, come back to look at the present" (英雄人物,还看今朝). The companion piece: BG D91/109.

The set refers to the folk tale "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl". In this story, Niulang and Zhinü were gods, whose love was forbidden by celestial laws. Niulang is reincarnated into a poor cowherd on earth, Zhinü is forced to weave colorful clouds all day long in heaven.

The young peasant drives a Dragon (巨龙) tractor.