Source 5: Xie Mulian (1958) The cotton bumper harvest makes our hearts bloom.

Source 5: Xie Mulian (1958) The cotton bumper harvest makes our hearts bloom.

Collectivisation

This propaganda poster depicts the bumper harvest of 1958. We can see a woman here tilling the fields. Women living in communes were encouraged to work rather than dedicate themselves to family life - children were schooled on-site, food taken care of in communal canteens etc. This policy was enacted in order that women could contribute to increased agricultural production. The bumper harvest pictured here was however found out to be grossly exaggerated in terms of quantity.

Xie Mulian

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