The first bridge over the ten thousand 'li' long Yangzi

万里长江第一桥
Wan li Changjiang diyi qiao
The first bridge over the ten thousand 'li' long Yangzi
1960, December
Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe (上海人民美术出版社)
53x76.5 cm.
PC-1960-002

Festive parade on the bridge over the Yangzi river in Wuhan. The train is carrying a Mao portrait in front. The slogan right above it is about May 1, International Labor Day. A 'li' is approximately half a kilometer.
Designer Zhang Yuqing would later make a similar poster featuring the Yangzi River Bridge in Nanjing.


The locomotive carrying a Mao portrait.

In the parade, key industrial and agricultural products are shown off: coal, steel, grain, and cotton.

This is a print from the ninth edition (July 1963).

30.55, 114.282

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