Time flies, and the years leave traces. Many objects that were once commonplace are gradually disappearing from people's eyes. There are also many "old objects" that condense precious memories and are properly kept. They not only carry the memory of a generation, but also witness the development of society. Today, let's listen to the stories behind these "old objects" and feel the changes of the times brought about by reform and opening up......
Li Rong, Wujing Town
My father was a tailor, and a ruler, a box of powder, scissors, a charcoal iron and a trapeze sewing machine are a testament to my father's life trajectory. Today, charcoal irons have long been replaced by easy-to-use electric steam irons, but my father still treasures five treasures that accompanied him in his studies and livelihood.
Shao Jiamin, Xinzhuang Industrial Zone
This ordinary bench has accompanied me growing up, and I remember when I was a young child, I turned the bench over and pulled a leash as a dog. Slightly larger, step on a bench and ride as a horse. When I was a teenager, I carried a bench to watch an open-air movie in the team. When I was working in the team, I used a bench to pad my feet and followed the old farmer to learn how to tie straw and firewood. The family housing is tight, so they build a "draped" by themselves, and the bench is used as a "scaffolding" and "as a stool".
With the passage of time, the motherland and even the lives of every family and individual have undergone earth-shaking changes. This ordinary bench is speechless and thoughtless. But I think it has endured many weathers, and it is also a witness to the changes of the times.
Zhou Qingjiang, Environmental Protection Bureau
This is the 1966 (1965) version of the national grain stamps of various denominations that I have kept after I went to the mountains and the countryside, and there are still hundreds of catties! In the 10 years of the XPCC and Daqing, I visited my relatives four times in total, and the national grain stamps accumulated hundreds of catties. Grain stamps were once the second "currency" of New China, which reflected the social and economic conditions of various historical periods.
Huacao Town Qian Jicheng
With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the "Eight Immortals Table" is gradually replaced by a variety of dining tables and functional tables, but my old house still treasures this "Eight Immortals Table", which is still used to set up wine and banquets at family gatherings and traditional festivals, and it carries the good memories of several generations of my family.
Huacao Town Huang Xinxing
In 1974, as an educated youth who went to the countryside to farm, I was finally assigned a sewing ticket, so I bought this "Butterfly" sewing machine produced by Shanghai Sewing Machine No. 2 Factory, which has accompanied my family for dozens of years. Although the table top of this old sewing machine is worn, it is engraved with the marks of the times.
It has witnessed the arduous life of weaving homespun cloth, making homespun clothes, and raising children; it has witnessed the historical moment of abolishing cloth stamps and opening up the supply of cotton cloth; it has witnessed the new model of people entering supermarkets, clicking on online shopping, and buying all kinds of fashion; and it has witnessed the transition from a planned economy with a shortage of materials to a new era of socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics.
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Source: Minhang Today