Great Leap Forward agricultural show at Beijing Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
Visitors from all over China attend the agricultural exhibition at the Beijing Exhibition Center (Beijing Exhibition Center, Zoo, Xicheng District, China) during the Great Leap Forward. Agricultural machinery and equipment are on display. Floral and traditional Chinese textiles on display. Rototilling machines. A visitor turns the wheel of rice transplanting machine. Chinese visitors watch a running combine harvester. Chinese farming tractors on display including some that run on alternate fuels. A steam tractor on display. Men sitting on red tractors. New Chinese made cars. Turbines of different sizes on display. Chinese boys climb on a steam locomotive. One of the first steam shovels made in China. Irrigation machinery of various types on display, including wind powered, pour water into a pond through pipes. A woman opens a solar cooker and removes lid of steaming pot inside. An elderly Chinese man and a woman talking to each other. Chinese children playing by the pool outside the Beijing Exhibition Center. Chinese girls smiling. Location: Beijing China. Date: 1958.