Looking at the development of the motherland in the past 60 years from the changes in the dining table 50 points are urgent

Posted on 2009-09-30 13:04 Posted by

On December 10, 1948, Shanghai Winter Relief Society’s Haichao Temple Soup Kitchen on Lujiabang Road gave porridge to refugees. At that time, a large number of refugees flowing into Shanghai were struggling with hunger and their lives were very miserable.

Before liberation, it was difficult for most ordinary people in China to have enough to eat. Low productivity coupled with years of war have made the people on this land endure hardships.

In 1949, with the help of the government, eight villagers from Baodi County, Hebei Province moved their families to Zhangmengtun, District 13, Nehe County, Heilongjiang Province to settle down and reclaim wasteland. The picture shows immigrants from Hebei eating in the courtyard in 1950.

After liberation, although agricultural production has increased significantly, the reality of a large population and a weak foundation still forced people to tighten their belts and live their lives.

In 1950, the Huaihe River flooded, and then the Party Central Committee made a decision to regulate the Huaihe River. In December, the winter repair project of the middle reaches of the Huaihe River started. The picture shows migrant workers participating in the Huaihe River control project eating in front of their work sheds.

During the Spring Festival in 1953, the family of Wang Dezhu (first from left) in Lutai, Hangu District, Tianjin had a reunion dinner. Eating reunion dinner is a way for most Chinese families to keep up the year old.

In 1953, the country formulated a system for the unified purchase and sale of grain and oil. The emergence of food stamps, oil stamps, meat stamps and other tickets made people have to "ration" their meals.

On July 2, 1953, overseas Chinese who returned from Japan arrived in Tianjin. Sumptuous meals were prepared in the restaurant of the guest house to entertain the returned overseas Chinese.

This is a corner of Donglaishun Restaurant in Beijing in the early winter of 1957. Donglaishun is a famous mutton-shabu restaurant in Beijing.

On March 2, 1958, cadres from Beijing Tianqiao Shopping Mall planted fruit trees on the wasteland of Nankou Fruit Farm. The picture shows them eating steamed buns on the sandy slope of the wasteland.

On June 29, 1958, the Second Residents Committee of Zongmao Hutong Office, Xicheng District, Beijing opened a "mass canteen", which was very popular among residents. Residents who were inconvenient to cook at home could use it Bring food stamps to the cafeteria to eat.

In 1958, the Qinglongqiao Work Station of Haidian People's Commune in Beijing proposed "eating without spending money and working hard to produce", and three meals a day were collectively arranged to be cooked and eaten. The picture shows members queuing up to get meals.

In May 1984, in order to solve the problem of difficulty in feeding the children of employees, a children's restaurant was opened in front of the No. 12 Staff Canteen of Changchun First Automobile Manufacturing Plant, which was praised by employees. The development of productive forces and the vitality of the market economy have brought tangible benefits to the people.

On May 11, 1992, the seafood hall on the first floor of the Hong Kong Food City main store located on Wangfujing Street in Beijing officially opened. This high-end restaurant has 150 seats and is served by a head chef from Hong Kong and specially trained restaurant waiters.

In the 1990s, "restauranting" became popular across the country. Inviting relatives and friends to restaurants for dinner became a decent thing.

On May 10, 1993, the first day Beijing opened up grain and oil prices, a clerk at a Xishimen grain store in Chaoyang District was registering and canceling the last batch of grain stamps. Food stamps and oil stamps that have been circulating in Beijing for decades are declared invalid.

After the implementation of the market economy, food stamps began to be gloriously "retired", and they were engraved into the deepest memories of the people following the era of planned economy

On January 2, 2009, several people Beijing citizens enjoy the famous "Liugou Village Tofu Banquet" at a farmer's house in Yanqing County in the outer suburbs. During New Year's Day, the farmhouse business here is extremely prosperous.

Restaurants with different cuisines have also begun to take root across the country. Western restaurants of various flavors have emerged one after another. Farmhouse meals have also entered the vision of urban people, and people have more choices for eating.

On August 17, 2008, foreign tourists ate at a Western restaurant on Xiushui Street.

Now, facing the rich and nutritious meals on the table, we can also look back on the past and see what kind of great changes a small dining table reflects.