Today is May Day, so let's have a holiday, dear. Xiao Jin is here to wish everyone a "Happy May Day".
Tibetan friends, take action today, get rid of your usual fatigue and troubles, and your only task today is to be happy. A small article, a long story short. Happy May Day holiday. In this article, I would like to pay tribute to all workers.
If nothing else, let's talk about the ancient labor scene in the millennium gold and silver commemorative coins of the Chinese banknotes issued in April.
In the reverse of the 150-gram rectangular gold coin, the theme of "prosperous Shudu" depicts the prosperity of commerce and trade in a corner of Chengdu during the Northern Song Dynasty. In the picture, all kinds of commercial buildings are lined up one after another, and the scenes of merchants coming and going and workers working are vivid, and the strong atmosphere of the market is blowing in the face. Looking down from above, outside the paper mill, workers are drying freshly fished paper, workers are making wine in the brewery, and in the streets, sedan chair drivers, merchants, porters, etc. are busy with their work.
In the lower left corner of the picture, the shop in the corner stands out against the surrounding environment, and the signboard at the entrance of the store reads "Jiaozi Shop", and bundles of iron money are piled up at the door waiting to be handed over, indicating that this is a shop to pay Jiaozi. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, iron money became the main currency of Sichuan, because of its low value and large weight, it was extremely inconvenient for travel and trading, in order to meet the needs of commodity trading, the society urgently needed a medium of exchange that could replace iron money and facilitate circulation. In this context, the banknote "Jiaozi" was born. The so-called "Jiaozi" is the general name of tickets and coupons in the dialect of ancient Shu Sichuan, which has the meaning of handing over receipts and stubs and withdrawing money to depositors, which is actually a deposit certificate.
The wheelbarrow at the bottom right of the picture is loaded with goods, the workers are lightly loaded, the foreman-like man sits on the sidelines directing the loading and stacking, and the two spectators upstairs seem to be arguing about something. In the Jiaozi shop at the bottom left of the picture, the shopkeeper is carefully checking the accounts, the guys are carrying the accounts of Jiaozi, and the two merchants outside are waiting to exchange Jiaozi. These details also enrich the interest of the picture. It also depicts a scene of thriving labor.
The reverse of the 30-gram rectangular silver coin of the Chinese banknote Millennium Gold and Silver Commemorative Coin is also a scene of busy labor, and these scenes are condensed into the number "1024", focusing on scenes such as commercial activities, currency transportation, and the exchange and use of Jiaozi.
In "1", the merchant who moves goods on the street walks with the merchant who carries the burden; in "0", the shopkeeper of the bookkeeper is carefully reviewing the accounts, the guy is holding the handwritten handicap, and the merchant is holding a large string of iron money, and the two are preparing the money ticket to be handed in two; in "2", a businessman takes his man to stack the goods in the designated place, and the next guy is holding a lot of money and walking on the way to the dumpling shop; "4" In the tea house, a person is signing a contract with the shop, and there is a signer on the side, feeling that modern business etiquette is accumulated by the ancestors.
The contrast between bundles of iron money and thin Jiaozi is intuitively reflected in its lightness. The various exquisite patterns in the numbers are based on the aesthetic fashion of the Song Dynasty, and the background shading behind the numbers is a common anti-counterfeiting pattern in banknotes, and the contrast between the front and back patterns is full of fun. A ribbon wraps around the figures, showing both the decorative function and the enduring meaning. As we all know, the four great inventions of ancient China are papermaking, compass, gunpowder and printing, and the circulation and use of paper money, as the original contribution of the Chinese nation to the history of human monetary development, is not inferior to the above inventions.