A new market, a new atmosphere

新市场新气象
Xin shichang xin qixiang
A new market, a new atmosphere
1952, December
Huadong renmin meishu chubanshe (华东人民美术出版社), Shanghai
38.5x53.5 cm.
PC-1952-s-008

A countryside market or "urban-rural exchange meeting" (城乡交流大会), as the red banner high in the background states, with left in the foreground stalls selling pesticide sprayers, fountain pens and cloth. On the right, under the red banners, collection stations where peasants have to bring their cotton and grain.