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title: '"团结战斗学大寨 誓把山河面貌改" (Unite and fight, learn from Dazhai, vow to change the face of the land), poster'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/unite-and-fight-learn-from-dazhai-poster-china-1976/
description: A smiling young man in a red vest and a soldier in a red-collared army cap carry a flanged steel pipe on a shoulder pole, with terraced hillsides…
section: Collection
---

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# "团结战斗学大寨 誓把山河面貌改" (Unite and fight, learn from Dazhai, vow to change the face of the land), poster

A smiling young man in a red vest and a soldier in a red-collared army cap carry a flanged steel pipe on a shoulder pole, with terraced hillsides, tractors and small red flags behind them; one flag reads 'Agriculture: learn from Dazhai'. The red caption pairs 'unite and fight' with the model village's name and a vow to remake the landscape, so a named exemplar and large abstract aims stand in for any figures on output (transfer, glittering generalities).

## Text on the object

Original (Chinese (simplified characters)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
团结战斗学大寨　誓把山河面貌改

农业学大寨
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Unite, fight, learn from Dazhai; vow to change the face of mountains and rivers.

Agriculture: learn from Dazhai.
```

The second line is the small banner at upper left. A small printed colophon and a pencilled note at the lower right are illegible and omitted.

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