Before the drill

演习之前
Yanxi zhiqian
Before the drill
1974, November
Renmin meishu chubanshe (人民美術出版社), Beijing
54x78 cm.
BG E16/105

An older man shows off his grenade-throwing skills to a group of attentive and amused young people. He probably recounts his experiences during the the Second Sino-Japanese War or the Civil War. The scene takes places in a civil defense tunnel.