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Communist China - farm workers in discussion
Communist China - farm workers in discussion. They are probably educated people from a town or city, forced to do manual work, in this case fruit picking, during the Cultural Revolution.
circa 1960s
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Communist China - Farm Workers in Discussion: A Snapshot of the Cultural Revolution's Rural Reality This evocative photograph captures a moment of respite for a group of educated individuals, likely urbanites, during their forced labor in a fruit field during China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. The Cultural Revolution, which lasted from 1966 to 1976, was a tumultuous period in Chinese history marked by political upheaval, social turmoil, and mass campaigns aimed at purging perceived counter-revolutionaries and promoting Maoist ideology. These individuals, adorned with their red badges of the People's Republic of China, appear deep in conversation, their expressions revealing a range of emotions from intense focus to lighthearted amusement. The backdrop of the lush, fertile land and ripe crops underscores the paradox of their situation - educated urbanites, once privileged members of society, now toiling in the rural countryside as part of the state's campaign to "send down" intellectuals to the countryside for re-education through manual labor. The propaganda booklet in the foreground serves as a reminder of the state's omnipresence and the ideological indoctrination that was an integral part of this period. The image offers a poignant glimpse into the human stories of the Cultural Revolution, revealing the complexities and contradictions of a society in the throes of revolutionary change.
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