The first thing one notices in this painting are the "Three Pillars of Mao's Society" the Worker, Peasant, and the Soldier. They embody the Chinese revolution, and their images invoke the sentiments of the cultural revolution. The woman is holding in her right hand a large poster with two Chinese characters, meaning revolution and progression.

All three strike aggressive poses, nevertheless the fact that two are holding a pen a and a brush instead of a gun, indicates the power of Chinese artistry, and that guns were not the only weapons of the time. There were major emphases on developing the artistic and cultural lives of the the Chinese proletariat.

Traditional Chinese Woodcut, Hand Printed on Cotton Paper. Ink, Gloss, and Chinese Watercolors.