Chairman Hua

Chairman Hua leads us to a new beautiful future

This Chinese political propaganda poster showcases Chairman Hua Guofeng seated outdoors on a rustic stone bench, warmly interacting with a diverse group of local rural workers and farmers in a mountainous countryside. Positioned in the center wearing a dark Mao-style suit, Hua holds a small green plant sprout or tool between his hands while smiling. He is surrounded by men and women dressed in colorful traditional peasant and laborer attire, some holding heavy sledgehammers and wooden tools, all looking towards him with joyful, receptive expressions. In the wide background, vast terraced green agricultural fields stretch across the hills under a soft misty sky, symbolizing rural progress and agrarian reform. The right margin features a vertical line of prominent red Chinese characters reading “Chairman Hua leads us to a new beautiful future”.

Credit: The Claremont Colleges

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