Qi Zhilong's main subject are girls soldiers dressed in uniforms from the Cultural Revolution's period. These green uniforms were an emblem of fashion then, but also of ideology, standing for justice, courage and righteousness. When Qi Zhilong depicts a young woman in military uniform wearing fashionable make-up, on a sweet face, the artist conveys all the complex feelings involved in the re-evaluation of that part of Chinese history. Clearly however uniforms are no longer a symbol of idealism for him.