The Agriculture section consists of posters focusing on agriculture, including the Dazhai County model agricultural commune, in Shanxi Province, where a national campaign was launched in 1965 with the ...moreThe Agriculture section consists of posters focusing on agriculture, including the Dazhai County model agricultural commune, in Shanxi Province, where a national campaign was launched in 1965 with the slogan, 'In Agriculture, learn from Dazhai'.
"in order to help spreading Dazhai’ s experience to all Chinese peasants whose majority remained illiterate or half- illiterate, materials used in this nationwide campaign had been produced in the most easy-to-understand manner, including a series of colorful posters with vivid illustrations on major events in Dazhai’s history with brief explanations under each picture." Zhao Chunlan
There are also posters featuring the May 7th directive, a directive issued by Mao in which the army was made into a school where troops could study and engage with agricultural production.less