This 1976 poster references the touring opera troupes that provided performances of revolutionary model operas in the countryside. One of the cast is carrying the red lantern from the opera of that name.
Caption:
扁担剧团
Opera troupe carrying pole, Zhou Qing Yuan, 1976
ANHUI
Six Panel set
Appearing as a story strip, the six-panel posters below each provide guidance for dealing with different types of road users. Published in Anhui, they were drawn in Ningxia by unnamed artists.
CITY PROVINCE
CHONGQING
我爱社会主义事业
I love socialism, Li Shan, 1986
PROVINCE
DONGBEI
增产节约加建四化
Produce more and save more: speed up the Four Modernisations,
Zhou Zhao Kan, 1989
PROVINCE
FUJIAN
送书上山
Send books up the hill,
Zhao Qin Yun & Wang Wei Bao, 1965
PROVINCE
GANSU
哥哥戴上了红领巾
Big brother wears the red scarf, On bag: Work hard at school! Make daily progress [Mao quotation], Hebei reprinted in Gansu, 1974
关怀
Caring Concern, On case: Beijing Medical Corps, Dong Zhao Hui (Lanzhou Peoples Theatre), 1975
重洋无阻隔银针传友谊
If you want to go overseas nothing will stop you: the silver needle transmits friendship,
Chen Li Ren & Zuo Yi, 1971
Below: 地震工作要预防为主大打人民战争
Give priority to earthquake prevention, fight hard in the Peoples War;
Newspaper: Thoroughly criticise everyone who does not increase their knowledge of earthquake damage prevention, undated
GUANGDONG
认真学习毛主席的哲学著作Learning Chairman Mao's masterpiece more intently, Guangzhou Revolutionary Committee Propaganda Office, 1971
贺年
Extend New Year's greetings,
Wu Bing De, Yang Yun, Liang Zhao Tang, 1974
校园新画
New pictures in the school yard,
Zhen Lin Hua, 1976
工农携手向前进
Worker and peasant join hands and advance,
Guangzhou Art Studio, 1977
安全用电 家庭幸福
Family is happy, take care when using electricity; undated; printed on plastic
PROVINCE
GUANGXI
家喻户晓
Known to all
[blackboard with Mao Quotations],
Liang Qi De, 1975
CITY
HANGZHOU
要准备打仗
Ready for battle,
Wu Zhen Xiang, Wang Hong Ju, Liu Gan Wen, 1974
PROVINCE
HAERBIN
长大保卫祖国
Growing up to protect the Motherland,
Zhang Wan Chen, 1985
PROVINCE
HENAN
人人动手消灭四害
Everyone get to work and eradicate the Four Pests (mosquito, rat, bedbug, fly)
undated
采药
Picking medicinal herbs,
Liu Ji Hou, 1973,
Reprinted from Liaoning
Two posters referencing the close relationship between the army (current and retired) and children who represent the future of the nation
Below: 叔叔野营到俺村
Uncle comes to camp at our village,
Liu Jian You, 1974
Left: 谁又替我把雪扫
Who's sweeping the snow for me again,
Liu Xiao Li, 1974
好收成
Good Harvest, Wang Qing Yu, 1975
高标准严要求一丝不苟精心设计精心施工让毛主席满意Meticulously design and meticulously engage in construction; allow Chairman Mao to be satisfied;
In Red: High standard, be rigorous;
In yellow: Be meticulous;
1970
HUBEI
为扭转北煤南运而斗争
Struggle to change the situation of the coal being in the north and the shortage being in the south,
Yi Fa Sheng & Wu Chen Lei,
1972
动员起来讲究卫生减少疾病提高健康水平
Mobilise the People to pay attention to hygiene to prevent disease and enhance health,
The Yangtze River Delta Shipping Management Health & Epidemic Prevention Station, undated
Above: 量不完的新田
New fields, too many to measure, Liao Lian Gui, 1974
Below & Right: 新课堂
New Classroom, Feng Ping, 1974
PROVINCE
HUNAN
向解放军学习把四好运动提高到新水平
Learn from the army: develop the Four Goods Movement to a new level;
Banners (L): The Four Goods are good, put Chairman Mao's quotations into effect; (in hand): Four Goods Plan;
1970
洞庭女民兵
Women's militia at Dong Ting Lake, Zhen Xiao Juan, 1978
学习雷锋好榜样
Learn from Comrade Lei Feng, Li Mu Bai, 1979
志在农村
Aspirations in the countryside,
Lin Yun Wu, 1973
万紫千红
A riot of colour,
Zhao Yu Hua, 1975
JILIN
林海哨兵
Guard of the forest,
Wang Shan Sheng, 1975
大地回春
Spring returns to the earth,
Li Feng Jun, 1987
发扬艰苦朴素的革命传统勤俭节约积极储蓄
Foster the revolutionary tradition of hard work and plain living: be diligent, be thrifty and be active in saving,
China Peoples Bank, undated
PROVINCE
NINGXIA
喜迎新社员
Happy to welcome the new committees of the National Peoples Congress, Wang Xi Song, 1975
PROVINCE
SHAANXI
Diptych:
（左）练杀敌本领（右）走大寨之路
(Left) Practice hard to master combat skills;
(Right) Walking the path of Dazhai County,
Peng Lv, 1965
在毛主席身边成长
Growing up beside Chairman Mao, 1972
below:
新家
New home, Gu Yuan, Fen Zhao Min, Xue Shan, 1974
雷锋精神代代传
Pass the spirit of Lei Feng from generation to generation, Ma Qing Tao, 1978
延安新春
Yan'an New Year, 1973
PROVINCE
SHENYANG
合作医疗就是好
Co-operative health care is good, undated
积极回收废塑料支援共农业生产新高潮
Support industry and agricultural production, recycle plastic, Shenyang Waste and Old Materials Company, undated
青松岭
Qing Song Ling (Pine Tree Forest): An everyday tale of a production team in a remote mountain area in the north of China, led by Zhang Wan Shan, an old peasant farmer. Two classes, the landlord and the peasants, meet in conflict and Zhang, armed with the whip once wielded by the landlord, leads the peasants to victory
人勤春早
Hard working people make the spring come earlier,
Gao Zhong Yan, 1973
我画叔叔栽秧忙
I draw the uncles who busily planted the rice, Sun Jian Dong, 1975
YUNNAN
第一炉钢
The first furnace steel; On the wall: Make a bigger victory,
Sha Lin, 1973
学理论明航向
Study theory, know the right course,
Newspaper: Marx, Engels, Lenin,
Zhu Wei Ming, 1976
民兵工作三落实先进单位和五好民兵条件
The Three Main Rules of Discipline and 8 Points for Attention, undated
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