Jinggang Mountains
During the Cultural Revolution, trains were made available to students for travel and "linking up" with the people of China.Hongtu used the opportunity to travel west to Xinjiang and then to Guangzhou. However, the government found the “linking up” program to be unmanageable and the program was ended. So Hongtu and five friends, including artist Yu Youhan, used the historical “Long March” as a model, crossing the countryside by foot and using their art on behalf of the current political movement. They marched north to the Jinggang Mountains in the Jiangxi province. This place was where Mao's first organization activities for the Chinese Communist Party began. From there, the group traveled to Mao's birthplace at Shaoshan, carrying flags and a portrait of Chairman Mao.