Follow the poor peasants, roll your body in mud, to temper a red heart

跟着老贫农，滚一身泥巴，炼一颗红星！

Genzhe lao pinnong, gun yishen niba, lian yike hongxin!

Follow the poor peasants, roll your body in mud, to temper a red heart

Designer

Revolutionary Committee of Sichuan Art Academy (四川美术学院革命委员会供稿)

Date

ca. 1968

Publisher

Publisher unknown

Size

54x77 cm.

Call nr.

BG E15/853

Collection

Landsberger collection

Notes

The Mao quote on the board reads "Resolute and unafraid of sacrifice, we will surmount every difficulty to win victory" (下定决心，不怕牺牲，排除万难，去争取胜利). The text carved in the mountain is "Agriculture studies Dazhai" (农业学大寨).

Theme

Up to the mountains, down to the villages (1968)

Quotations from Chairman Mao

Tags

sent-down youth

Little Red Book

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We also have a pair of hands, we do not need to eat the spare food in the cities!

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Chairman Mao waves his hand, we move forward

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Great leader, great example -- In 1946, the great leader Chairman Mao provided us with a glorious example: he sent his own son comrade Mao Anying, recently graduated from university, to the Yan'an countryside.

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Revolutionary educated youth, the poor-and-lower-middle peasants welcome you!

Revolutionary educated youth, the poor-and-lower-middle peasants welcome you!