Great Leap Forward

Production takes leap after leap! The nation is becoming ever more prosperous!
Production takes leap after leap! The nation is becoming ever more prosperous! (1958, September)
Struggle to realize the general line!
Struggle to realize the general line! (1958, September)
Go all out and aim high. The East leaps forward, the West is worried
Go all out and aim high. The East leaps forward, the West is worried (1958, September)
The wind-riding, wave-cleaving "Heping No. 28"
The wind-riding, wave-cleaving "Heping No. 28" (1958, September)
Increase production every month and have a bumper harvest every year
Increase production every month and have a bumper harvest every year (1958, September)
Mobilize the whole population, to make sure that steel is doubled!
Mobilize the whole population, to make sure that steel is doubled! (1958, September)
Celebrate the great victory of the socialist General Line
Celebrate the great victory of the socialist General Line (1958, September)
The flowers of the cultural revolution blossom everywhere
The flowers of the cultural revolution blossom everywhere (1958, October)
The great waves of the bumper harvest out-argue the sceptics -- Peasant paintings from Pi county
The great waves of the bumper harvest out-argue the sceptics -- Peasant paintings from Pi county (1958, October)
Put organizations on a military footing, put actions on a war footing, put life on a collective footing
Put organizations on a military footing, put actions on a war footing, put life on a collective footing (1958, October)
Double happiness I
Double happiness I (1958, October)
Blast furnaces rise in level ground releasing red rays everywhere
Blast furnaces rise in level ground releasing red rays everywhere (1958, October)
Double happiness II
Double happiness II (1958, October)
The future of the rural village
The future of the rural village (1958, October)
The Communist Party charts the course in the technological revolution, Chairman Mao wisely leads the great cultural revolution
The Communist Party charts the course in the technological revolution, Chairman Mao wisely leads the great cultural revolution (1958, November)
The melons are sweet, grain and rice are fragrant...
The melons are sweet, grain and rice are fragrant, everybody tries the flavor (1958, November)
Crossing the Yellow River while sitting in a peanut
Crossing the Yellow River while sitting in a peanut (1958, November)
Bring in 1,000 dan of foodstuffs, harvest 10,000 jin of cotton
Bring in 1,000 dan of foodstuffs, harvest 10,000 jin of cotton (1958, November)
Let the "Sputnik" of high production circle around the sky forever
Let the "Sputnik" of high production circle around the sky forever (1958, November)
Chairman Mao visits a homemade blast furnace
Chairman Mao visits a homemade blast furnace (1958, November)
Everybody is fully occupied in production, the trade sector is also fully occupied for everybody
Everybody is fully occupied in production, the trade sector is also fully occupied for everybody (1958, December)
Constructing Wusutu reservoir
Constructing Wusutu reservoir (1958, December)
Ride the East Wind, leap forward again and again!
Ride the East Wind, leap forward again and again! (1958, December)
When the dining hall is well-run, the production spirit will increase
When the dining hall is well-run, the production spirit will increase (1958, December)
Take steel as the key link, make a leap forward in all fields
Take steel as the key link, make a leap forward in all fields (1958, December)
The people's communes are good
The people's communes are good (1958, December)
Cheer for overfulfilling the quota of 10.700.000 tons of steel
Cheer for overfulfilling the quota of 10.700.000 tons of steel (1958, December)
Hold high the red banner of the people's communes and move forward
Hold high the red banner of the people's communes and move forward (1958, December)
Drowning the enemy in a torrent of steel!
Drowning the enemy in a torrent of steel! (1958, December)
Breed more pigs, collect more fertilizer, produce more, practice more thrift, put away more savings, construct more
Breed more pigs, collect more fertilizer, produce more, practice more thrift, put away more savings, construct more (late 1950s)
Enthusiastically put away savings, to support the "Four Modernizations" in agriculture
Enthusiastically put away savings, to support the "Four Modernizations" in agriculture (late 1950s)
Heaven on earth
Heaven on earth (ca. 1958)
Untitled (People's communes) III
Untitled (People's communes) III (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) IV
Untitled (People's communes) IV (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) V
Untitled (People's communes) V (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) VI
Untitled (People's communes) VI (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) VII
Untitled (People's communes) VII (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) VIII
Untitled (People's communes) VIII (1959)
Produce more tea leaves, increase income, support construction -- 1960 calendar
Produce more tea leaves, increase income, support construction -- 1960 calendar (1959)
Peasant comrades! Temper your bodies well, fight for high production and bumper harvests!
Peasant comrades! Temper your bodies well, fight for high production and bumper harvests! (1959)
Untitled (People's communes) I
Untitled (People's communes) I (1959)
We and ore together make steel!
We and ore together make steel! (1959, January)
Choose fresh food, be careful with preservation
Choose fresh food, be careful with preservation (1959, January)
Struggle for steel
Struggle for steel (1959, January)
Struggle hard for the happiness of the ten thousand generations of children and grandchildren
Struggle hard for the happiness of the ten thousand generations of children and grandchildren (1959, January)
Jin Meisheng - The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plump, the yield is abundant
The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plump, the yield is abundant (1959, February)
Continue to implement the policy of taking steel as the key link, fight for a greater Leap Forward on the battlefront of industry in 1959!
Continue to implement the policy of taking steel as the key link, fight for a greater Leap Forward on the battlefront of industry in 1959! (1959, February)
Shao Wenjin - Strike the battle drum of the Great Leap Forward ever louder
Strike the battle drum of the Great Leap Forward ever louder (1959, February)
Work industriously, work hard, work skillfully to achieve a bigger, better and more comprehensive Leap Forward
Work industriously, work hard, work skillfully to achieve a bigger, better and more comprehensive Leap Forward (1959, February)
If the target is ten, take measures to achieve twelve with soaring enthusiasm!
If the target is ten, take measures to achieve twelve with soaring enthusiasm! (1959, February)
Subscribe to Great Leap Forward

Share this page

facebook  Our Facebook page

flickr  Our posters on Flickr