With the development of modern technology, mobile phone payment has become a part of daily life, small denomination paper money has rarely appeared, in order to adapt to the development of the economy, paper money has also undergone innovation, when they launched the historical stage, they are like cultural relics, have a certain collection value.
But if you look closely, you will find that there will be a person on the banknote, and these people printed on the banknote often represent an era, and on the old 1 yuan note, there was a woman driving a tractor, she was China's first female tractor driver Liang Jun, but she did not find out until 41 years later that the person on the one dollar note was herself.
Liang Jun was born in Heilongjiang in 1930, from an early age she experienced the most difficult Anti-Japanese War, the uncles and uncles in the family were sacrificed on the battlefield anti-Japanese heroes, after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan Liang Jun participated in the work, after the founding of New China, it introduced tractors to the Soviet Union, planning to open up the wilderness in Peking University.
Heilongjiang held a training course for tractors, at that time the tractors were large machinery, if you want to start it, it is a hard job, all the recruited members are male cadets, but Liang Jun thought to himself, Soviet women can drive tractors, why can't she? As soon as she gritted her teeth, she signed up.
When she reported the next day, she found that there were more than 70 students in the class, just a girl, but Liang Jun was not a person who flinched, she said that she would do it, her theoretical knowledge was not only better than the rest of the students, her strength was not small, two months later, she graduated from the training class with the first place.
In 1959, the first tractors were transported to Heilongjiang, at this time she had been driving a Soviet-style tractor for two years, she had long been unable to open her own tractor, Liang Jun drove a circle outside, just outside the circle, a reporter just happened to pass by and found her.
He grasped the perspective, took a photo, he also published the incident in the newspaper, Liang Jun also because of this coincidence photo, from the Northern Wilderness to the world, this photo has also become the focus of an era, in 1962, when the third set of renminbi was issued, Liang Jun's photo was adopted.
Just after the release, many people asked whether the female tractor driver on the one-dollar bill was her, and she also felt familiar, but it was not clear whether it was her, until 2003, Liang Jun received a call from the assistant of the host Cui Yongyuan, who inquired to the People's Bank, saying that the person on the one-dollar bill was her, and wanted to invite her to do a show.
Until this moment, Liang Jun finally knew that the one-dollar bill was on himself, Liang Jun had worked in the Agricultural Bureau for many years, and now retired, a few years ago, Liang Jun was hospitalized due to illness, during the hospitalization, the nurse recognized Liang Jun as the female tractor driver on the one-dollar note, they came to chat with the old man's home without a problem, and listened to Liang Jun tell the story of the Northern Wilderness.