Memories of Chinese Life

 

The description of such trivialities in daily life in this book can help those who experienced these periods regain memories and the later generations to learn about daily life in the past, and help the foreigners to learn more about the industrious and brave Chinese people, who love life.

 

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Chinese people have experienced significant changes in life. The improvements in basic necessities of daily life and the enrichment of political, spiritual and cultural life reflect the social progress. This book aims to reflect such progress in dribs and drabs. It will help the readers to learn more about the contemporary Chinese society.

 

Chen Yu, published memories of China life in 60 years, folk memories (1978-2008) and other books.

1949
Many things needed to be done

1950s
Chinese tunic suit replaced the westem-style clothes and chi-pao
Fashionable "Lenin Coat"
Girls keen on bib overall
Little swallow wearing color clothes: "platye"
Food coupon starts the coupon era
Residence booklet to control influxes into the urban area
Free public eateries
Dusky and greasy "row houses"
Water supply station in Shanghai lanes
Walking-based transportation
"Dangdang Bus" reminds pedestrians to keep away from cars with bells
Cartoon dance needs a "big brother"
A divorce is hereby granted as mediation failed
Rural women have a bath in the bathhouse for the first time
Transferring Shanghai haircutters to open Silian in Beijing
National steelmaking movement
Wronged sparrow
Women were bashful when doing radio calisthenics
Merit students
The first national salary reform

1960s
The food substitute movement: Man-made meat essence and
appeasing hunger with chlorella
Lying-in women provided with a lump sum subsidy of 1 kg of eggs
Quota supply of vegetable, shallot, ginger and garlic
Umbrella and alarm clocks were also supplied with coupon
"Three years in new, three years in old and three years in patched"
No white buttons for white suit in Beijing
Red Guard hairstyle
State Council cuts sales of lipstick in China
Renovating Fangua Lane
Nine-storey Anhua Building nicknamed "high-ranking official building"
From honeycomb briquette to gas tank
……
1970s
1980s
1990s
21st Century