Jinggangshan, Cradle of Revolution [Images 03-04] (革命的摇篮井冈山)

Public

The second of a pair of posters with contemporary views of the former revolutionary base area, each with two sets of four images. Jinggangshan was a communist base from 1927-1935, and is celebrated as the founding location of the Red Army. Images are numbered from top left to bottom left (series 3, images 9-12), then from top right to bottom right (series 4, images 13-16). Metadata on second poster. No date provided, but the individual paintings are dated 1976 in the calligraphic inscriptions. Price: 22 fen for both posters

In Collection:
Creator Publisher Language Keyword Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 poster ; 76.5 x 52 cm
Alternative title
  • Geming de yaolan Jinggangshan
  • Jinggangshan, Cradle of Revolution[3-4]
  • 革命的摇篮井冈山
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 35, 105
Chronological coverage
  • 1927 to 1935
Collection
  • Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
Provenance
  • From the collection of Barry Till.
Provider Genre Transcript
  • 9. Huangyangjie [one of the five sentry-posts at Jinggangshan and the site of a skirmish won by an outnumbered Red army in August 1928, celebrated in Mao's poem "Jinggangshan"]. [calligraphic inscription: title of painting followed by] painted early autumn 1976 in Nanjing [signed by the artist].
Technical note
  • Scanned and edited by KM and CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by R.King and KM. Migration metadata by KD.
Rights
  • These images are provided for teaching and research use only.
DOI

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