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!
Revolutionary Committee of Sichuan Art Academy (四川美术学院革命委员会供稿)
ca. 1968
Publisher unknown
54x77 cm.
BG E15/855
Landsberger collection

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).

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