Source 6: Revolutionary Committee of Sichuan Art Academy (1969) Educated youth must go to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower middle peasants (propaganda poster)

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Title

Source 6: Revolutionary Committee of Sichuan Art Academy (1969) Educated youth must go to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower middle peasants (propaganda poster)

Subject

Sent-down Youth

Description

After the wave of destruction caused by the Red Guards in urban areas, they were forcibly 'sent down to the countryside' to learn from peasants. Current Communist Party leader Xi Jinping was also a participant in this campaign. In total about 10% of the urban population of 1970 was relocated.

Creator

Revolutionary Committee of Sichuan Art Academy

Source

chineseposters.net

Publisher

https://chineseposters.net/posters/e15-35.php

Date

1969

Citation

Revolutionary Committee of Sichuan Art Academy , “Source 6: Revolutionary Committee of Sichuan Art Academy (1969) Educated youth must go to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower middle peasants (propaganda poster),” Chinese History for Teachers, accessed March 28, 2024, https://chinesehistoryforteachers.omeka.net/items/show/147.

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