Introduction to the work:
Situ Qiao (1902-1958), a native of Kaiping, Guangdong. He learned painting by himself when he was young, and studied in Yanjing Seminary, Beijing in 1924, but he still painted in his spare time. He was very sympathetic to the masses, and made the figure sketch Five Cops and One O, and was praised and collected by LuXun. He went to study in France, USA, Rangoon, Burma, and Malaysia, and Singapore. He returned to China in 1950. He was employed as a professor in the Central Academy of Fine Arts. His works include oil painting, watercolor painting, Chinese painting, and bamboo-brush painting, which were created by himself. His works include The Remains of Lu Xun, Three Old Chinese Workers, etc.

When he was in Malaysia in 1940, the famous director went there to raise fund for anti-Japanese movement, and performed Put Your Whip Down for those compatriots. The painter was greatly touched. Thus, he painted this picture regardless of his illness. The picture uses the actors as model, and the whip and messy instruments on the floor to create the dramatic conflicts, and expressed his passion towards the motherland, and the hatred towards the enemy.