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

我们也有两只手，不在城市里吃闲饭！

Women ye you liangzhi shou, bu zai chengshili chi xianfan!

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

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 E15/855

Collection

Landsberger collection

Notes

The slogans on the wall read "Selfreliance" (ziligengsheng, 自力更生) and "Diligently building the country" (qinjian jianguo, 勤俭建国). The text on the banner reads "Welcome to the countryside" (huansong dao nongcun an jia, 欢送到农村安家).

Theme

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

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Give heed to Chairman Mao's call to send our sons and daughters to the countryside so that they can be re-educated by the poor-and-lower-middle peasants!

Give heed to Chairman Mao's call to send our sons and daughters to the countryside so that they can be re-educated by the poor-and-lower-middle peasants!

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

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

Chairman Mao waves his hand, we move forward

Chairman Mao waves his hand, we move forward

To send educated youth to the rural villages is a project of vital and lasting importance to oppose and combat revisionism

To send educated youth to the rural villages is a project of vital and lasting importance to oppose and combat revisionism

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.

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.

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

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