China during the Cultural Revolution: young people visit Shaoshan where Chairman Mao was brought up, and take inspiration from the evergreen trees in the hills. Colour lithograph after Wang Xin, 1975.

The hills near Shaoshan, Chairman Mao's hometown. In the background, at the foot of the hills are the bungalows (ping fang) where Mao lived in childhood. Organized parties of 'educated youth' ('zhi shi qing nian') are seen visiting their dream place. In the foreground, three young women and a young man belonging to the 'educated youth' and the 'Red Guards' ('hong wei bing') are taking off their backpacks and having a rest. The girl at the front is picking some pine-cones as a souvenir of her visit and wrapping them in a handkerchief printed with scenery of Shaoshan and with lettering "zhan yang Shaoshan ji nian" ("Souvenir of Shaoshan"). Behind her is a big red flag marked "chang zheng" ("Long March"), indicating the 'Long March spirit', and it also denotes this particular group. On the ground is a grey megaphone for guiding the group, showing that she is the leader. The Shaoshan Mountain is surrounded by all kinds of pine trees and cypresses. These trees are evergreens and conifers, with the metaphorical meaning of long life. It means that the spirit of Communist revolutionaries is long-lasting. It also expresses good wishes to Chairman Mao for a long life, just like these evergreen trees. The implication of the painting is that Mao's ideas and spirits are perpetual, that they have been passed on to the young generation, and that the vital force of the communist regime is a force of nature that is always renewed