February 24, 1953 Nanjing Source
Mao Zedong visits the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in 1953
Zhou Enlai on an inspection tour in Guangdong in 1958
广东省新会县农村 Source
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Chinese documentary on the liberation of Southwest China from 1950
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDXgsUTmWgo
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费以复, 人体, 1955
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Mao and Jiang Qing meet with the head of the People’s Daily’s Arts Bureau in 1950
They are discussing the first banned movie in the PRC 《武训传》 1951年夏，毛泽东与人民日报文艺部主任袁水拍在香山讨论文艺方针问题，交流对《武训传》的看法。左一是江青，背对镜头的是袁水拍。《武训传》是一部歌颂传奇人物武训“行乞兴学”义举的影片。经过毛泽东审定，该片被认为污蔑农民革命斗争，成为新中国第一部禁片。摄影/侯波 Zhongnanhai, Beijing Source
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Outside the city walls of a northern Shaanxi rural town in 1954
Camels were the main form of transportation in northern Shaanxi at teh time. Yuilin County's old city, Shaanxi 陕西榆林老城宣威门外 Source
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A Shaanxi textile factory amateur dance troupe in 1955
May 1, 1955 Xi'an, Shaanxi 西安市西北国棉二厂业余文工团舞蹈组 Source
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Volunteers help build the Monument to the People’s Heroes in 1958
Tiananmen, Beijing Source
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A Shaanxi rural county town in 1954
Suide County, Shaanxi Source
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Chinese leaders enter the second congress of Chinese writers and artists in 1953
Beijing, Zhongnanhai From right to left: Mao, Liu Shaoqi, Zhue, Zhou Enlai, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Xi Zhongxun, and Zhou Yang Source
Everyday Life in Mao's China 