Pictured here is a depiction of an eagle with its wings outstretched, and talons prime and ready to strike as it flies. Though there is an absence of surrounding nature in the background, it is very likely that the eagle is within a mountainous setting due to the presence of the pine trees.

Though large and open blank spaces are used here, the purpose of the piece is likely very different from that of traditional Chinese landscape paintings. The painting is dated around 1958, which is around the time that the CCP began to transform Chinese society and its people.

Although we may never know for sure, it is likely that this painting could have been used as propaganda to assert the prowess of China under the communist regime, and signify the masculine strength of New China. Reinventing what it meant to be masculine within China, the eagle represents physical strength as its strong wings are outstretched, and its sharp talons ready to strike. The representation discards older traditional Chinese beliefs that men should to be contemplative and gentle, and instead emphasizes physical capability, and the ability to defend oneself and China as a whole.