A hundred flowers bloom, thousands of purples and reds

百花齐放万紫千红
Bai hua qifang, wanzi qianhong
A hundred flowers bloom, thousands of purples and reds
1961, June
Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe (上海人民美术出版社)
77.5x53 cm.
PC-1961-005

Both parts of the title are idiomatic. The first can be interpreted as "let the arts have free expression", the second as "a profusion of flourishing trades". The poster indicates some ideological relaxation after the strictest first years of the Great Leap Forward.