Wall posters are the poster types often found hanging on walls. Wall posters are both large and small printed ones. The big character posters often fall under the category of wall posters. The character wall posters are often handwritten and wall-mounted. These are created using large sized Chinese characters. The character posters are used as a medium of expressing protest, propaganda, and popular communication. The big wall posters were first used in china they have been in use since the imperial times. Wall posters with character illustrations soon became popular in China and began to be used as sophisticated debate to ironic entertainment to expressing extreme criticism on a particular issue.
During the Cultural Revolution, wall posters became more popular. One such poster publicized a large image of Dazibao on 25th May, 1966. In the original political system wall posters were used at different occasions such as for high class debates, satirical entertainments and other occasions. Wall posters and other poster forms became more common with the advent of lithographic techniques and cheap printing techniques. This improved both the production posters quality to a certain extent.
The Fifth Modernization:
The Fifth Modernization was a famous signed wall poster positioned on the Beijing Democracy Wall by Wei Jingsheng on December 5, 1978. The Fifth Modernization was the first poster to openly support individual liberties. This wall poster exhibited, that "modernization" only matters freedom, rather than improved living standards. The poster was projected as the answer for the government's "Four Modernizations" campaign.
Wall posters since the ancient days have been often used as popular expression of revolt or acceptance of the governing system. Wall posters like other poster types are found both in small and big sizes. Movie production houses also use large wall posters in order to promote their forthcoming films. Big wall posters are often used for creating fully colored world maps.
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