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行行出状元 处处开红花
Every trade has its master; everywhere has its blossoming red flowers, 1958, Artist: Li Hong Ren
战士最爱读毛主席的书
Soldiers love to read Chairman Mao more than anything, 1966. On Book: Selected Works of Chairman Mao
革命委员就是好
The Revolutionary Committee is Good, 1969,
Artist: None
延安精神 代代相传
The spirit of Yan'an goes from generation to generation, 1971, Artist: None
毛主席来到炊事房
Chairman Mao visits the Mess, 1971, Artist: None
进行一次思想和政治路线方面的教育
Carry out this lesson on the ideological and political lines, 1972
Poster: The Internationale song, Artist: None
延安新春
New Year in Yan'an, 1972. Artist: None
钢铁运输线（油画）
The Iron Transportation Line (oil painting), 1973,
Artist: Zhu Zhong Fu
卑贱者最聪明
People of the lower class are the most intelligent, 1974, Artists: Wen Ge Wang & Sun Weiping
社社队队粮满仓
The store is full of food in the commune, 1974.
Artist: Huang En Tao
再创高产
Create high production again, 1974. Artist: Wei Xue Gao
夸愚公
Praise Yu Gong, 1974. Artist: Liu Hong Da
购销组到咱村
The purchase and sale team comes to our village, 1974,
Artist: You Wen Sun
开展军事体育活动 保卫社会主义祖国
Develop military sports, defend our socialist Motherland; banner ; grasp the revolution, promote production, increase industry, increase preparedness 1975.
Artist: None
信儿捎给台湾小朋友（中国画）
Sending letter to the children of Taiwan (Chinese ink painting), Armband: small little red guard. 1975,
Artists: Xie Cong Rong & Lin Yong Quan
BEIJING
要做革命的接班人
Be a Successor to the Revolution, 1964
Left: Victory of the People
Artist: Fang Jing
以焦裕禄同志为榜样 做毛主席的好学生 对革命无限忠诚 为人民鞠躬尽瘁
Regard Comrade Jiao Yu Lu as a model, be a good student of Chairman Mao and be loyal to the revolution forever. Spare no efforts for the good of the country, 1966. Artists: Luo Er Chun, Gao Chao, Gao Ya Guang
为加速实现农业机械化而奋斗
Struggle for the accelaration of realising agricultural mechanisation , 1971, Artist: None
谆谆教导（油画）
Inculcation (oil painting), 1971. Artist: Deng Nai Rong
大风大浪中前进
Go forward in the big wind and waves, 1972, Artist: Tang Xiao He
南海民兵（油画）
Militia from the South China Sea (oil painting), 1973.
Artist: Xuan Cheng Bang
“文武之道,一张一弛。”-毛主席《对晋绥日报编辑人员的谈话》（油画）
"The way of literature and martial arts, alternate tension and relaxation" Chairman Mao's talk to Jin Sui Daily editorial workers (oil painting), 1973. Artists: Su Guang, Wang Yin Chun, Yang Li Zhou
样板戏来到咱山村
Model Opera goes to the countryside, 1974.
Artists: Wu Min Rong, Liu Fu Fang
团队会上
At the meeting of members of a delegation, 1974.
Artist: Xu Jun Tao
农大新学员
Sun and dew nurturing the new person, 1974.
Artist: Tang Yi Wen
正副书记（中国画）
General Secretary and Assistant Secretary, 1974. Artist: Yin Pei Hua
业大更勤俭
The enterprise is big so we need to work harder and be thrifty. Huaxin peasant painting, 1974, Artist: Zhang Lin
风雪送亲人
Seeing relatives off in the wind and the snow, 1975,
Artist: None
试播
Sewing seeds, 1975,
Artist: Fan Chnag Zhang
为无产阶级政治服务 为工农兵服务
Serve the proletariat according to politics; serve the workers, peasants and soldiers, 1975, Artist: None
当年我战斗过的地方
Where we fought, 1975. On statue: Anti-Japanese Hero, Artist: Ouyang Xiao Lin
长大我也当社员
When I grow up I will become a commune member too, 1975. Artist: Huang Li Sheng
接过战笔 战斗到底
Pass the pen and take the struggle to the end,1975 Artists: Xiao Zheng Ya & Liu En Bing
Singing the nursery rhyme towards Beijing, 1978
Artist: Gu Ai Ping
再请战
Requesting their next battle assignment, 1975,
Artist: Liu Chang En
又长了
Everything is getting more, 1975.
Artist: Song Li Min & Yang Guang Lv
快看俺家新专栏
Look at our new noticeboard for our home, 1975
Artist: None
我们都是神枪手
We are all miraculous marksmen, 1975.
Artist: Zhao Shu Qin
谱新歌
Writing a new song, 1975, Artist: ang Xiqi
跃向新高度
Leap to new heights, 1975,
Artist: None
积极开展群众体育活动
Actively develop the physical education culture of the masses, 1975.
Artist: None
大风浪里炼红心
Honing our red spirit in the big waves, 1976. On flag: Little Red Guard; In background: Striding forward in Chairman Mao's footsteps. Artist: None
课前（油画）
Before the lesson, 1975.
Artist: Li Bin Gang
热烈庆祝中国工会第九次全国代表大会胜利召开
Warmly celebrate the opening of the Ninth National Federation of Trade Unions Congress, workers join together and achieve a greater victory (banner L) Women support half the sky and change the landscape to a new face, 1975.
Artist: Zhao Ge Ren
妇女能顶半边天 管教山河换新貌
Women support half the sky and change the landscape to a new face, 1975.
Artist: Wang Da Wei
各族运动员 团结齐向前
Sport for all minority groups, 1975,
Artist: Shen Rao Ding
锻炼身体 建设社会主义新农村
Exercise and Build the New Socialist Village, 1975
Artist: Zhang Song Nan
向贫下中农学习 为贫下中农服务
Learn from the poor and middle peasants, serve the poor and middle peasants, 1975. Artist: Xu Quan Qun
董存瑞的故事
The story of Dong Cun Rui, 1975.
Artists: Li Hui Fen & Zeng Yan Zhong
春风化雨
spring wind turns to rain, 1976. On shirt: Shanghai,
Artist: Wu Ji Ren
我爱祖国的蓝天
I love the blue sky of our Motherland, 1976,
Artist: None
大学办到咱山村
The university comes to our village, 1976, Sign: model field, Artist: Hong Tao
咱队又添新粮仓
Our team's new grain silo, 1976, Artists: Liu Ji Cheng & Zhang Jin Ping & Li Chao Xiang
妇女能顶半边天 管教山河换新貌
Women support half the sky and change the landscape to a new face, 1975.
Artist: Wang Da Wei
延安新春
Festival in the commune, 1976,
Artist: None
走五 七道路 坚持继续革命
Continue the path made by May 7th: insist on continuing the revolution, 1976,
Artist: Liu Chang Shun
毛主席和井冈山人民在一起
Chairman Mao together with Jinggangshan people, 1976, Artist: None
渔村新医
New doctor in the fishing village, 1976,
Artist: Peng Yu Zhang
花开三春回山来
The spring flowers blossom in the mountains, 1976 Artist: Shi Shao Cheng
为普及大寨县贡献力量
Contribute power to propaganda for Dazhai County, 1976. Artist: Qi Chuan Yu
革命样板戏好
Revolutionary opera is good
banner: Long live the success of the revolutionary art line of Chairman Mao! 1976
Artists: Zhang Guang & Xiao Wan Qing
Mao died on September 9, 1976 but the propaganda bureau continued to reaffirm the correctness of Mao Zedong Thought. The style of propaganda did change after 1979 when Marxist-Leninist-Mao Zedong Thought became one of Deng Xiaoping's 4 Cardinal Principles.
毛主席的人民战争思想永放光芒
Chairman Mao’s Thoughts on the Peoples’ War will be Radiant Forever, 1977, Artist: None
彻底揭发批判“四人帮”
Thoroughly criticize the Gang of Four, 1977.
Artist: Sun Quan
学铁人精神 甩开膀子大干社会主义
Learning the spirit of the Iron Man, cast away all restraint and put our whole strength into building socialism, 1977. Artist: Lou Jia Ben
心劲红添
The heart is red and it makes you strong, 1977,
Artist: Peasant artist Wang An Jiang.
走大庆道路 坚持向共产主义远大目标前进 （图）工农结合 城乡结合 有利生产 方便生活
Follow Daqing's example: we stride forward towards the great goals of communism, 1977, Artist: None
BEIJING
创业靠毛泽东思想
Start a new undertaking: rely on Chairman Mao's thoughts, 1977. Artists: Wang Tie Niu, Wang Wen Qian, Pan Shu Sheng, Li De Qing, Zhang Cheng Si & Bai Yang
毛泽东思想指方向 万里长空不迷航
Chairman Mao's Thought Show us the Direction; We will not lose our way in the million miles of sky, 1977. Artist: None
工农携手向前进
Farmers and workers go ahead together, 1977,
Artist: None
普通劳动者
Ordinary Worker, 1977, Artists: Liu Ze Wen, wang Ri Xin, Cui Sen Lin & Jiang Hua Qing
认真实行三同 坚持继续革命
Implement 'San Tong" [eat, live and work together], insist on continuing the revolution,
Artists: worker Meng Jin Yuan & Wang Li Zhi
江风-发展体育运动 增强人民体质
Warmly support the newly emerging things of socialism, 1977. Artist: None
发扬会战传统 坚持”两论“起家
Promote the Tradition of the Mass Campaign. Adhere to the Principle of Building up by Reliance on "Mao Zedong's 2 Essays [On Contradictions and On Practice]" for Guidance. On Book: On Contradictions, Mao Zedong, 1977. Artist: Zhang Ru Ji
人民军队处处爱人民
Army personnel love the people always, 1977,
Artist: Lv Da County Worker Peasant Soldier Propaganda Creative Class
战友
Comrade in arms, 1977, Artist: Xu Bao Zhong & Li Ze
听毛主席的话 做革命接班人
Listen to Chairman Mao, become a revolutionary successor, 1977.
Artist: Zhao You Ping
伟大的教导（油画）
Great instruction, 1977, Artists: Zhao Zhi Tian Ting, Xiang Er Gong, Liang Zhao Tang, Chen Yan Ning, Li Mo, Shao Zeng Hu
狠批“四人帮” 生产展新貌
Strongly criticise the Gang of Four: give production a new face, 1977, Artist: None
Mao's second wife, Yang Kai Hui, was herself a revolutionary hero.
The daughter of Mao's teacher in Changsha, they were married in 1920 the same year as he established a communist cell there and began his rise in Hunanese politics. Kang was one of the earliest members of the Chinese Socialism Youth League in Hunan and joined the CCP in 1920.
She and Mao had 2 children together and in Shanghai, Shaoshan and Hunan she assisted him and educated her sons whilst organising movements amongst peasants, workers and women. After 1927 she continued her underground activities against the Nationalists in Hunan and was captured and executed in 1930. She refused to publically denounce Mao or the CCP and died a martyr.
After the Cultural Revolution posters featured the purity and dedication of Yang Kai Hui as a rebuke to Mao's last wife, Jiang Qing and her disloyalty.
Yang Kai Hui
毛主席和我们心连心
Chairman Mao's heart with our hearts, 1977,
Artist: Qin Wen Mei
发扬铁人精神 造就一支反修防修的铁人式队伍
Carry forward the spirit of the ironman; create an ironman team of anti-revisionism, 1977.
Artist: Xu Zhen Shi
还是当年那个样
Remains the same, 1978.
Artist: Ying Long Sen
四季常青
Four seasons of green, 1979,
Artist: Sun Shum Zheng
重返战地
Return to the Battlefield, 1979,
Artist: Xin He Jiang
国庆盛典
National Day parade, 1988,
Artist: Xu Zhen Shi
龙江颂
Revolutionary Model Jin Opera Song of the Dragon River, undated, Artist: None
战洪图
The Flood, undated. Artist: None
全社会动员起来 认真搞好第四次全国人口普查
Complete the Fourth National Population Census: mobilise all members of society
On poster: July 1, 1990, Artist: Chen Zhen Xin
北京天安门
The Tiananmen of Beijing, 1978
Artist: Guo Run Lin
热烈庆祝全国科学大会胜利召开
Warmly celebrate the victorious opening of the National Science Meeting, 1978
Artists: Yang Ke Shan, Zhu Yi De, Song Hong Gang
光辉的榜样 华主席到密云水乡参加劳动
Glorious role model. Smart leader Chairman Hua goes to the Miyuan Reservoir to join in the labour. Give the poster to the families of martyrs and crippled soldiers as a gift. Spring festival, Beijing 1978, Artist: None
提供优质产品 全心全意为人民服务
Provide high quality goods and wholeheartedly serve the people, 1978, Artist: Zhang Yong Dian
献身现代化 攀登新高峰
Devote yourself to modernisation, scale the new heights, 1979, Qiu Bai Ping
人人动手 消灭苍蝇
Everyone has a hand in eradicating flies, undated,
Artist: Beijing Hygiene Education Department
为革命锻炼身体
Building health for the revolution [slogan printed in Chinese, English, French, German], undated.
Artist: None
为革命节约板纸 回收复用旧纸箱
In order to help the revolution save cardboard and paper, collect and use old boxes and save the country 1,700kg grass, 670kg coal, 350 units of electricity, 100 cubic metres of water. [contact information for recycling centres], undated. Artist: None
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