FENG SHANYUN
(b. 1949) Yanchuan, China

"The Sound of Machines in the Mountain Village" 1977
woodcut heightened by gouache-varnished, 33 3/4" x 46 1/2"

Mechanization of agriculture was a major focus of the agriculture modernization program. With emphasis on the modernization, the People’s Communes were dismantled and “family management” was instituted. The objective was that with increased productivity farmers could afford equipment and their standard of living would improve.