"Zhao Yong Online 39th Anniversary Celebration| I have collected these years online in Zhao Yong" The list of winners of the essay contest has been announced, and we have successively published the award-winning works for the benefit of Tibetan friends.
Written by He Guohui
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If the "monkey ticket" is the "leader" of the T vote, then the "leader" of the J vote is none other than J8's "Victorious Completion of the Fourth Five-Year Plan". J8 "Fourth Five-Year Plan" was issued in 1976, a full set of 16 pieces, the circulation of 8 million sets, the stamp patterns are farmland, irrigation canals, small fertilizers, textiles, steel, coal, hydropower, shipbuilding, petroleum, oil ports, railways, scientific research, pastoral primary schools, commune health centers, staff dormitories, commerce. This set of 16 stamps is exquisitely designed, rich in information, and sprinkled with joy, reflecting the achievements of the mainland's economic construction and is the epitome of all walks of life on the mainland in the 70s. Seeing the J8 "Fourth Five-Year Plan" stamps, there seems to be a picture of grasping the revolution and promoting production in front of me.
In 1993, when I first started collecting stamps, I was still in junior high school, and I only had 25 yuan of pocket money a month. After saving money for a few months, I dared to ask for stamps with slightly higher prices such as arts and crafts stamps, orchid souvenir sheets, and water margin (1) souvenir sheets. As for the "45 Plan" stamps that I like very much, but the market price is as high as 140 yuan, it is a god-like existence for me, and it is out of reach.
Time flies, and thirty years have passed in a blink of an eye. With my current financial resources, not to mention buying J8 "Four or Five Plan" tickets, it is not difficult to buy a version ticket. But over the years, due to work, business trips, writing books, lecturing and other things, the purchase of J8 "four or five plans" has been shelved. Coincidentally, last year I won the Excellence Award in the Zhao Yong Online 38th Anniversary Essay Competition, and the prize was a 1,000 yuan no-threshold cash coupon. I was very happy after winning the award because the article I wrote, for one, promoted philately. Tell people with personal experience that philately is a way to acquire knowledge, showing the vast and profound world in every square inch. She can enrich life and make life colorful. Second, this article will not only be published on Zhao Yong's online WeChat public account, but will also be forwarded by many websites, which has increased the exposure of my article and name. Third, he received a bonus of 1,000 yuan, which allows him to buy his favorite stamps and enrich his collection. One article can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
J8 Four-Five Plan
What kind of stamps can you buy with this 1,000 yuan? After a little thought, I decided to buy the J8 "Four or Five Plan". Using the essay prize money to purchase the J8 "Four or Five Plan" made my collection of stamps more meaningful and more storytelling. So he acted immediately, and at that time, Zhao Yong had several sets of J8 "45 Plan" stamps in auction. I looked at the big picture and chose a set of stamps in the best condition. After 215 bids of fierce competition, it finally won the J8 "Four or Five Plan" with 1425.6 yuan. When I paid, I only paid 425.6 yuan because I had a 1,000 yuan no-threshold cash coupon in my account to use. I received this set of stamps just three days after winning the bid. When I opened the package, I was presented with a brand new set of J8 "Four Five-Year Plan", which was in excellent condition, and should have been torn off from the stamps shortly after being torn off.
After receiving the J8 "Fourth Five-Year Plan" stamps, my curiosity developed to a deeper and deeper level of stamps, and I began to have a deeper understanding of the background of the issuance of this set of stamps, the background of the times, etc. Originally, the "Five-Year Plan" (also known as the "Five-Year Plan") was the full name of the Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China. Since 1953, the mainland has formulated its first "Five-Year Plan," and the "11th Five-Year Plan" and "14th Five-Year Plan" that we often hear are talking about the first five-year plans. The Fourth Five-Year Plan, which was implemented in 1971 and ended in 1975, set the main economic indicators at that time: the average annual growth rate of the total output value of industry and agriculture reached 12.5 percent, the total capital construction investment in the five-year state budget was 130 billion yuan, and the grain output in 1975 reached 60 million to 650 billion catties, 65 million to 70 million quintals of cotton, and 35 million to 40 million tons of steel. 4-430 million tons of raw coal, 2000-220 billion kWh of power generation, and 9-1 billion tons of railway freight. In July 1973, the State Development Planning Commission drew up the Outline of the Fourth Five-Year Plan (Draft Amendment). The Draft Amendment has adjusted the main economic indicators, and many of them have been compressed.
The J8 "Fourth Five-Year Plan" stamp represents that era that has long been dusted, and the story behind it contains almost all corners of the society at that time, leaving an indelible impression on people who experienced that era. For example, the last item in J8's "Fourth Five-Year Plan" is "business". Judging from the face value, this was a common department store at that time, and the eight big characters at the entrance of the store, "Developing the Economy and Guaranteeing Supply," profoundly showed the characteristics of the times in the period of the planned economy. In addition to bicycles, you can see fashionable goods such as black-and-white televisions, radios, clocks, and cameras in the glass windows of the store. When it comes to black-and-white televisions, they were a luxury at the time, and only a very small number of families could afford them. In the village, every evening, the whole village is empty, and everyone sits around the black and white TV of the village committee to watch the program. Such a scene is unimaginable for today's young people. Speaking of bicycles, in the 70s, radios, bicycles, sewing machines, and watches were known as the "four major pieces", commonly known as "three turns and one ring". "Three turns and one ring" is actually very easy to understand, bicycles, sewing machines, watches are rotary, the radio is ringing, it's as simple as that. These four things are the embodiment of the family's living standards, and they are also important wedding supplies. At that time, the bride and groom used bicycles, but to buy bicycles, they had to show a ticket, and bicycle tickets were hard to find, so some people had to go to thrift stores to find spare parts, and gradually collect them until the parts were ready. After the assembly is successful, it is necessary to carry the invoice of the main components issued by the thrift store to the traffic police force to "get a license" before you can go on the road. The assembled car is about 20-30 yuan cheaper than the finished car, but the key is not to "ticket".
J8 (16-16) Business
At that time, there were no high-end things in the store, but there were countless joys and dreams of people. Prices are extremely stable, and the daily use of salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tofu is 8 cents a catty. Steamed bread and baked cakes are 5 cents each, pork is 6 cents 5 cents a catty, Chinese cabbage is stored in winter 5 cents to 1 cent, and bathing is 5 cents...... This price has remained unchanged for many years. At that time, many goods were supplied by stamps, which were almost as important as money, and there was no food without food stamps. Oil stamps, cloth stamps, pastry stamps, grain books, non-staple food books, etc. are extremely important tickets in daily life, and stamps also play an important role. During the period of the "Fourth Five-Year Plan", although they lived relatively poorly, they lived happily and happily, and their thoughts and emotions were also very simple, and there were too many places worthy of our memories and nostalgia.
After entering the 21st century, residents' income has grown rapidly, the quality of life has continued to improve, the level of old-age medical security has been continuously improved, and automobiles have quietly entered thousands of households. Grain stamps, cloth stamps and other stamps have long since retired from the stage of history, the traditional correspondence has been replaced by the Internet, mobile phones, the use of stamps opportunities gradually decreased, and the number of stamp collectors has also greatly decreased. But people's purchasing power has increased greatly, and the purchasing power of an average stamp collector is as high as that of 10 stamp collectors in the early 90s. Dream of Red Mansions, Ladies and Gentlemen, Galloping Horses, Flying Souvenir Sheets, etc., although the prices have increased several times compared with those years, they can now buy a few or even dozens of pieces without difficulty. In the early 90s, collectors had a hard time buying any of them, and some souvenir sheets required more than a month's salary. Therefore, we should cherish today's hard-won happy life, we should learn to be grateful, satisfied, enjoyed, cherish every beautiful moment, and let the feeling of happiness accompany us all the time.
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