National Tide 1980

In 1981, reform and opening up officially entered its fourth year.

Last year, we worked together and worked together.

Whether it is the economic development of the country or the material and cultural life of the people.

We all delivered an exciting performance report, which can be said to be outstanding.

First, the national grain output reached 320 million tons, which was the second high-yield year after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Secondly, cotton and oil production have also reached record highs since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In addition, calculated based on current year prices, the GDP reached 13.77 billion yuan, and the total retail sales of social goods were 3.132 billion yuan. The total foreign trade import and export value was US$663 million.

Therefore, the most significant new change at the moment is that the Republic's poverty-stricken situation has been greatly improved.

Of course, we can ignore these empty economic data.

You might as well put yourself in his shoes and take a closer look at the streets of Beijing in 1981.

Because it is obviously easier to see the results of reform from the changes in people's livelihood environment.

If nothing else, if you look at Qianmen Street, there are almost no traces of the "movement" left behind.

Under the Qianmen building are the names of stores that once carried red revolutionary enthusiasm.

I don’t know when it started, but it gradually changed back to the old title with the same ancient style and full charm as the Arrow Tower.

"Beijing Weixiang" was changed back to Yueshengzhai.

"Xinlu Restaurant" is also called Bianyifang.

"Qiujiang Food Store" has re-hanged the Tongsanyi plaque.

"Xuanwu Pickles Garden" must be called Liubiju.

Even the "new capital" and "morning bell" have disappeared.

It was restored to "Dabei Photo Studio" and "Hengdeli Watch Shop" in sequence.

The bustling city in the center of the capital is bustling with people, presenting a prosperous and peaceful business scene.

If you focus the lens on people's clothing, you will find that it becomes more and more colorful.

The colors of street clothes have broken away from the blue, green, and gray categories and become colorful.

For men, clothing that can express political colors is no longer their favorite.

Last year's hits "Atlantic" and "Garrison Suicide Squad" subtly influenced their aesthetic.

For women who love beauty, there are many different hairstyles.

In addition to perms, during this period, young married women were also popular in the single-swallow style, double-swallow style, and petal style.

Middle-aged women can also choose between Haiyan style and natural bangs style.

For older girls, they mainly wear children's flower style and lotus leaf style.

As for bookstores, they not only sell more and more banned foreign novels and world classics, but also more and more magazines and illustrated magazines.

In bookstores, the reading materials sold not only include more and more banned foreign novels and world classics, but also more and more magazines and illustrated magazines.

For example, at the beginning of this year, "Mystery" was just launched.

This is a scientific magazine that mainly introduces new knowledge and explores the future world. It is published every month and sells for 20 cents.

Because of its novel content, it has a huge appeal to young people even in the first issue.

There is also the newly launched "Works and Controversies".

This literary magazine became an instant hit just because of the word "contention" in its name, and became a popular read among many people.

This is also in line with the characteristics of this period.

You know, the better the literary works of this period are, the more likely they are to trigger heated discussions.

There are also many letters from the masses that are highly insightful and worth reading.

Not to mention the theater, which must be crowded with people and where everyone loves to join in the fun.

Compared to last year, the more positive change here is that more movies are being screened.

It’s no longer just one or two movies showing in the city.

At the very least, there will be old films that have been released from the ban, new domestic films, and imported translated films that will be released at the same time.

This means that as long as people are willing to travel all over the city, they can see several movies of different styles in one day.

For example, the popular film at the moment is the old domestic film "Heroes Die Hard" which has just been banned.

There is also a new domestic film "Small Street" in which Zhang Yu and Guo Kaimin collaborate again.

and the newly introduced West German film "The Handsome Boy".

A very typical combination of "old, new and foreign".

If you walk into a non-staple food store again, you will be surprised to find that the variety of "imported" things is becoming more and more abundant.

Although there are still restrictions on people's purchase of tobacco and alcohol, the restrictions are actually quite relaxed.

Currently, there is no need to register for purchases of bulk liquor of less than one kilogram.

In addition to "Xiangshan" and "Badaling", most brands of Class B cigarettes are also available for purchase.

This is equivalent to basically achieving sufficient supply.

Eggs are similar. Although they are still limited in name, the supply is much better.

People began to point out that only fresh eggs with red skin and large size were needed, and frozen eggs were ignored.

The changes in purchasing pork seem to be even more obvious.

When more and more people buy meat, they ask for a "fat and lean combination".

As people once flocked to in the past, the "red-crowned crane" that is too fat and has only a thin layer of lean meat on it is no longer popular.

But the most unexpected thing is that people are no longer satisfied with the third-grade soy sauce they have been eating all year round.

What everyone complains and asks the most is where to buy better soy sauce.

As for food and drink, the only material that is more strictly controlled is actually tea.

Because this year, residents' demand for tea suddenly surged, but the production could not increase all at once.

The government had to set a price of four to twelve yuan per catty of scented tea, and each resident shopper was limited to purchasing half a catty at a time.

But such restrictions still illustrate a problem: people's consumption has upgraded.

Everyone is no longer meeting basic supplies and has a demand for higher quality materials.

Is there anything else that can better illustrate the obvious improvement of life than these changes?

Same thing in department stores.

Stylish clothing now has a stretch nylon blouse.

Popular accessories are the latest aluminum hairpins.

The types of cosmetics have increased by several types, and soaps and shampoos have become hot-selling daily necessities.

The supply of the "old four pieces", known as "three turns and one ring", is becoming more and more abundant, and fewer and fewer industrial coupons are needed.

Color TVs, refrigerators and washing machines, known as the "three new items", have completely ignited people's demand for home appliances.

Regardless of whether there is something in stock or not, whether to buy or not, the home appliance counters in major shopping malls in Beijing are always overcrowded.

Especially young people, many of them have the mentality of "saving money in their pockets and chasing the trend with gritted teeth", and regard buying imported home appliances as the ultimate goal in life.

In tourist attractions, in addition to more and more foreigners, there are also many domestic tourists from all over the country.

However, unlike foreigners, who almost everyone owns a camera, most of our Chinese people do not have the means to keep their own images at this time.

Therefore, various tourist attractions have begun to considerately provide photography services.

For example, there is even a shiny black car parked at the photo spot in front of the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City to attract customers.

What is particularly unique is that there is a paper sign not far in front of the car.

For customers who bring cameras, it is written: "On the condition that it does not affect the work of our office, the audience will be charged two cents for using the vehicle once."

The express printing department in Beihai Park is never-endingly busy.

As long as people send their negatives here, they can see their images here a few hours after paying the money.