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"It’s a Wonderful Life": Nianhua and Yuefenpai at the Dawn of the People’s Republic
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Volume
16
Issue
2
Journal
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
First Page
123
Last Page
159
Abstract
In the spring of 1950, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued its first national call for visual propaganda in the form of "new nianhua" and "new yuefenpai." These genres were to reflect the existing forms of nianhua (New Year’s pictures) and yuefenpai (calendar posters), but the new forms were to be infused with politically conscious themes and graphic techniques determined by CCP arts administrators. The subsequent debates over the appropriate nature of "new nianhua" and "new yuefenpai" became central to the development of standards for propaganda art, and would have continuing implications for Chinese graphic arts throughout the early 1950s.
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