The Countryside

Looking Back

Sidney Rittenberg Presentation

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"UP TO THE MOUNTAINS
AND DOWN TO THE COUNTRYSIDE"
(1969–76)

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Send Your Daughter to Become a Peasant An army officer and his wife help their daughter pack for life in the countryside.	> View Large <	> View Large <	Auntie’s Recovered A young urban woman who settled in the countryside has become a “barefoot doctor,” who provides basic medical care to the peasants. She is treating Auntie.
> View Large <	Poster Mao sent urban youth to the countryside to learn from the Chinese peasantry. The struggle of rural life and the benefits of the revolution are a part of China that most city youth had never seen. As depicted here, a peasant farmer is teaching the students about modern agricultural techniques.

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