Love to Work

Love to work, live a simple life

This Chinese educational propaganda poster features a young schoolgirl with her dark hair tied back in two small low ponytails, wearing a white blouse with a bright red Pioneer scarf around her neck. She is smiling gently as she concentrates on carefully threading a needle with both hands. In the foreground next to her, a wooden spade handle stands upright amidst a bed of blossoming blue and white flowers, with a small notebook or packet resting on the soil.

The background is a dense, colorful collage of book covers touching upon various academic subjects, engineering, and science, alongside a slender tree trunk on the right. Two distinct slogans are written in bold Chinese characters: a sub-heading in the center reading “Show concern for the collective, protect public property” and the primary motivational title at the bottom in red-orange script reading “Love to work, live a simple life”.

Credit: The Claremont Colleges

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