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Since the reform and opening up, our lives have undergone earth-shaking changes, living conditions have also been greatly improved, and everything is thriving.
But fifty or sixty years ago, materials were scarce, and many daily necessities could only be satisfied by foreign imports, so many people were Xi of adding the word "foreign" to imported items.
These "foreign" gadgets go deep into every corner of life, grandparents should have used them in their lifetimes, maybe there are still people using them in their current lives, but I just don't know how many people still remember, this item full of memories.
Foreign smoke
The most classic of these "foreign" things is "foreign smoke", that is, snuff imported from abroad, and the age of circulation is not only a few decades ago, but even in ancient times.
In the first chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions", it is said: "Baoyu opened the lid of the box, and inside was a yellow-haired woman with Western enamel, with meat wings on both ribs, and some really fine foreign smoke inside. ”
Western Fire
In the past, in the countryside, there was no electric light, and at night, the house was dark, and in order to illuminate, a match (foreign fire) would be used to light the foreign oil lamp.
Oil lamps
The foreign oil lamp, which is also the kerosene lamp used in rural households, was the lighting tool of the family before the 70s of the last century.
The earliest foreign oil lamp is a broken bowl with a cotton wool lamp rope, the lamp rope is generally soaked in the oil bowl, leaving a little head on the edge of the bowl, when the night comes, the lamp can be lit to illuminate the dark room.
Wax
Although kerosene lamps can also be illuminated, because they are liquid and unstable, they are not pleasant to say, and they can be blown out if they speak loudly, and later, there is foreign wax.
Wax is what we call candles, childhood memories, when it is windy and rainy, there will be power outages in the countryside, and the family often prepares some wax in case of emergency, and the family gathers around the candles, sitting together and chatting, until now it should be fresh in the memory.
"Yokan"
In the past, the days passed very slowly, and there was only enough time to love one person in a lifetime, and even the means of transportation were slow, that is, "foreign cars".
Foreign cars are the main means of transportation at that time, every household has, perhaps many people still remember that the "two eight bars" should be the big national defense brand, the seventies and eighties are also popular a slip: phoenix brand, permanent resistance, flying pigeon bicycle riding is not bad, young people, engage in object flying pigeon bicycle to ride.
Nails
The nail is a seemingly very inconspicuous thing, maybe it is not used in many places in life now, and many people do not know it, but in the past, every household in the countryside had this thing.
In the countryside, many of the furniture in the home were made by themselves, such as wardrobes, tables, and desks, and even the stools used to be made in school would have nails on them.
Perhaps many post-80s students still remember that their pants and clothes are often scratched by nails coming out of the chairs, and the other is the wooden house where the family lives, how many nails are used, it is estimated that only the carpenter at that time knows.
Although the furniture is bought now, the factories that make furniture have used these foreign nails, and the current buildings are also used, but the descendants of the 00s should rarely see them.
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Since the furniture is made of wood at home, there will be a handful of foreign pinches for cleaning the house, which is what we call iron pinch, which is used to sweep the floor.
Soap
In addition to cleaning things, there is also soap for washing hands, used to be called pancreas, when I was young, playing from the outside, especially when playing with foreign paintings, I often made my body and face gray, so the old mother would wash my hands with pancreas, and I would not let it come out of the washbasin without foaming, and I must wash it clean before I can eat, maybe this is the taste of home.
Oil painting
Speaking of which, the term foreign painting should be very unfamiliar to modern people, I don't know what it is, but it is the childhood of the post-80s, and it is the "game console" of the post-80s.
The earliest "foreign paintings" were introduced into China after the First World War with foreign tobacco as a marketing method, also known as "foreign films", which was a kind of old solitaire for children's entertainment, and was also the general name of such games.
Solitaire cards are usually printed with a variety of brightly colored patterns, and the beauty and rarity of these patterns are one of the bases for children to judge the value of the cards.
You must know that before the popularity of video games, marbles, bamboo guns and foreign paintings were regarded as "treasures" by boys, and they were often carried on their bodies, and they were also one of the symbols of status among many friends.
Western persimmon
Having said so many "used" tools, there are also a lot of things to eat, which are also foreign, persimmons, which are the persimmons we eat in real life, formerly known as tomatoes and persimmons.
Tomatoes are a tomato plant in the Solanaceae family, which originated in South America and was introduced to China at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
In the first year of the Great Tomorrow Apocalypse (1621 AD), the "Qunfang Spectrum" was published: "Tomato, a June persimmon, the stem is like artemisia, four or five feet high, the leaves are like wormwood, the flower is like a pomegranate, a branch bears five or three or four fruits, a count of twenty or thirty reals, tied as a frame, the most impressive." It comes from the West, hence the name. ”
It is said that in those years, because of the bright color of persimmons, many people felt that these were poisonous, and no one dared to try until the eighteenth century, when a romantic French painter painted tomatoes, he could not withstand the temptation of tomatoes, and "risked death" attitude, ate one, lay on the bed and was ready to die, who knew that there was no "wish", and since then tomatoes have officially entered the table.
onions
In addition to persimmons, there are also onions in the food, and according to legend, when Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, he brought many species from there, including onions.
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There is also garlic, which is what we call garlic, which originated in the coastal countries of the Mediterranean, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and other countries have been documented, and now many different varieties have been used in food all over the world.
Garlic was introduced to China during the Han Dynasty, and although it is an alien species, it is now the number one producer and the largest exporter of garlic.
It can be said that China's garlic cultivation is very extensive, and it can be said that garlic abroad has been printed with the label of "Made in China".
Foreign aircraft
There is also a family tool, almost every family has, this item is a foreign machine (that is, the sewing machine in the eyes of the mother) The sewing machine can be described as a product of the sixties, at that time, the living conditions of many families were not good, so the children's clothes in the family were basically made by the mother herself, and in addition to the clothes, that is, the sewing machine, which can be described as sewing and mending for another three years.
Back then, when talking about marriage, the sewing machine was one of the indispensable objects, and it has also become an indispensable object in many families.
Western cloth
Since foreign cloth is indispensable to make clothes, it is a cloth woven by machines, which is different from the "homespun cloth" woven in our local area.
In the TV series "Flowers and Full Moon", the protagonist Zhou Ying deliberately went to Yangbuzhuang to see the situation in order to carry forward the Wu family's industry, and found that the business of Yangbuzhuang was booming.
Although it is no longer clear whether it is a homespun cloth or a foreign cloth now, a long time ago, the machine produced cloth and really saved both hands.
Western line
Since there is foreign cloth, there is foreign line, foreign line is relatively thick, mostly used for sealing on cloth bags, now there are very few, only used in industry.
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There is also foreign socks, which is also the former name of socks, and the other one should be extended, since foreign socks have not been heard, but stockings should have been heard.
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Silk stockings were introduced to the mainland by European and American countries, the earliest was introduced in the early period of the Republic of China, at that time, China was under the impact of Western culture, a large number of Chinese advanced intellectuals went abroad, came into contact with Western culture, and introduced silk stockings to China.
In the TV series "Deep Love and Rain", college students such as Ping and Fang Yu are wearing stockings.
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The foreign box, which we now call the radio, was also a well-known item in the seventies and eighties, and it was also a representative of the wealthy, because it was a luxury, and the average family did not have it.
Before, Pan Changjiang's carried something similar to a big stereo in the Spring Festival Gala sketch, which was the later product of the foreign box.
Do you know what else is coming from abroad?