Explore the bold and colourful imagery found on posters and other items from this revolutionary period.
This photograph was taken in Hangzhou by the well-known photographer Qian Sijie. Qian was assigned by the New China Agency to follow and document Mao’s tour to Hangzhou. His depiction of Mao in a bamboo grove suggests an association with the lives of traditional scholars in China’s past.
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