?????????,???????????????![Ni men yao guan xin guo jia da shi, yao ba wu chan jie ji wen hua da ge ming jin xing dao di!]

[Chinese Propaganda Papercuts - You Must Pay Attention to State Affairs and Carry the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Through to the End!].

No publication details. No place of publication. No date. Late 20th Century.

Large Chinese propaganda papercuts on red paper with paper backing, depicting a large portrait of Mao. Mao is wearing the ????? [Red Guard Armband] and ??? [Red Scarf], a neckerchief worn by the Young Pioneers of several communist countries. Excited crowds are looking admiringly at Mao, some of them hold the little red book of Mao's quotations, some hold revolutionary banners, posters and red flags. Nine balloons carry banners floating behind Mao, two banners with texts. Excellent condition, blocks of text in Chinese, papercuts paper measures 51.2 x 71cm.

Text along upper margin reads, ?????????????????????????! [You must pay attention to state affairs and carry the great proletarian cultural revolution through to the end!], a propaganda slogan first announced by Mao Zedong on August 10 1966. Later that year, Mao had received thousands of Red Guards and young Cultural Revolution supporters at Tiananmen Square.

Text on the flying banners ??????[Long Live Chairman Mao!]; ????????[Chinese Communist Party (lasts for) ten thousand years!]

Text on the banner holding by the crowds ??????????????[The great victory of the great proletarian Cultural Revolution (lasts for) ten thousand years!]