Explanation on Materials

(March 1958)

Materials provided by *Sichuan Peasant News* regarding a type of plant with the effect of eliminating flies and mosquitoes. This plant is called "Da Po Wan Hua Hua" [Break Bowl Flower].

Comrades of the Hongguang Cooperative said: The reason it is called "Da Po Wan Hua Hua" is that adults in the countryside teach children not to touch this plant's body, lest it break and a juice flow out, sticking to the body and rotting the skin. The way it is said is not like this, but rather: if anyone touches this "Hua Hua" (plant), when they return home, there will be a danger of accidentally breaking a bowl.

[1] Mao Zedong's explanation was written on a material provided by *Sichuan Peasant Daily* on March 19, 1958, introducing a plant in the rural areas of Sichuan called "Da Po Wan Hua Hua" that has an insecticidal effect.

The material said:

In the rural areas of various parts of Sichuan, a wild plant grows by the edges of fields and beside water wells. The peasants of Chaoxian call it "Da Po Wan Hua Hua." They pick it and scatter it in manure pits and water ditches to kill flies and mosquitoes. It can also poison earthworms and maggots. At the same time, it is also a very good green manure.

March 26, 1958

*People's Daily* introduced this plant under the title "Let Poisonous Weeds Serve Mankind."

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March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong inspected the Chongqing Iron and Steel Company.

*At Chongqing Iron and Steel Company* (Chinese Painting)

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March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong inspected the Chongqing Iron and Steel Company.
March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong inspected the Chongqing Iron and Steel Company.

March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong inspected the Chongqing Iron and Steel Company.
March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong inspected the Chongqing Jianshe Machine Tool Factory.

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March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong was welcomed by workers while visiting the Chongqing Jianshe Machine Tool Factory.
March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong inspected the Chongqing Jianshe Machine Tool Factory.

March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong visited the workshop of the Chongqing Jianshe Machine Tool Factory.

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March 28, 1958, Mao Zedong inspected the Chongqing Jianshe Machine Tool Factory.
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March 1958, Mao Zedong inspected the Longchang Gas Mine.