In the 1980s, China was in the early stages of reform and opening up, and people's minds gradually opened up, no longer satisfied with living in their own areas, but looked to big cities and even the world. (This is a set of old photographs reflecting the people's livelihood in Chinese society in the 1980s, when people dressed simply and the gap between rich and poor was very small.) Although everyone's income is not high, the sense of happiness is high. ）
【Tourists sit on the toes of the Leshan Giant Buddha】 The Leshan Giant Buddha is the largest statue of Maitreya Buddha carved in China, which was excavated in the first year of the Tang Dynasty (713) and completed in the nineteenth year of the Zhenyuan Dynasty (803), lasting about 90 years. Leshan Giant Buddha is 71 meters high, head height 14.7 meters, head width 10 meters, hair bun 1051, ear length 6.7 meters, nose and eyebrow length 5.6 meters, mouth and eyes length 3.3 meters, neck height 3 meters, shoulder width 24 meters, fingers length 8.3 meters. From the knee to the instep of the foot 28 meters, the instep is 9 meters wide, and the instep can sit around more than 100 people.
On July 15, 1979, the state officially approved Guangdong and Fujian provinces to implement special policies and flexible measures in foreign economic activities, and embarked on a historic step of reform and opening up, and since then opening up to the outside world has become a basic national policy of China. The road to China's great power and the road to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation have officially begun at this moment, and it has great historical significance.
[Passengers outside the train station] In the 1980s, people traveled long distances, first by train, which was dominated by slower green-skinned trains at that time. The green-skinned train once said that the memory of a generation, there is no air conditioning on the train, only a fan, but the fare is relatively cheap. Nowadays, in some areas, there are still green-skinned trains in operation, but more people choose trains and high-speed trains for comfort and efficiency. However, the green-skinned train does carry the emotions of many people.
【Street side vegetable stalls】In the 1980s, people dressed in three colors: "gray, blue, and black". And young people with conditions, "really good" clothes have become everyone's first choice. "Indeed good" is a kind of chemical fiber fabric, usually used to make shirt short sleeves, although it is not very comfortable to wear, but it is not easy to wrinkle, the result is popular.
In the 1980s, there were very few migrant workers in the city, and at that time there was no concept of left-behind children in the countryside, and the children were basically raised by their parents themselves. According to the "China Child Welfare and Protection Policy Report 2019", as of the end of August 2018, there were 6.97 million rural left-behind children in China. From the perspective of regional distribution, Sichuan has the largest rural left-behind children at 765,000, followed by Anhui, Hunan, Henan, Jiangxi, Hubei and Guizhou, and the total number of rural left-behind children in the above 7 provinces is 4.844 million, accounting for 69.5% of the national total.
China in the 1980s was a "bicycle kingdom" in the true sense, and bicycles became one of the most important ways for people to travel. At that time, it was quite a proud thing to own a bicycle, and I clearly remember that the neighbor had a Phoenix brand bicycle, and he had to wash it every day and polish the steel ring.
[Expensive electric fans] Many families are still using the electric fans purchased in the 80s, which shows the quality of the electric fans at that time. However, at that time, the electric fan was very expensive, and ordinary families could not afford to buy it, such as the single price of the floor fan in this photo was as high as 187 yuan. It should be known that at that time, the employees of state-owned enterprises may have a salary of 60 yuan a month, which shows the high price of electric fans.
[Chongqing Yangtze River Hauler] The hauler on the Yangtze River has a history of thousands of years and still exists today. Earlier, when the boat was going up the Yangtze River, if the wind was downwind, the pole sailed and the boat could be gently shaken to take advantage of the situation. If the wind is very weak, most of the boatmen on the ship need to get off the boat to pull the fiber. Of course, the work of a porter is extremely dangerous and hard, and the income is very small.
There is no doubt that the 1980s were an era of succession, and the fate of many people changed drastically due to the country's opening up to the outside world. Looking at the more than 40 years of reform and opening up, people who have personally experienced this history have all sighed, "The meaning of the four words of reform and opening up cannot be expressed in words. A generation has changed its destiny because of it, cities have been renewed because of it, and countries have become civilized and prosperous because of it. ”