Have you ever used five rural "old objects" that are about to disappear? It is the best testimony of the times.

"Old Things" will be familiar to everyone. It is the best witness to an era and an explanation of the development of the times. It is a memory of a generation and a confession to those who have not experienced that era.

With its unique voice, The Past has branded the people who have experienced it with the brand of the times.

Today I brought five old things that have disappeared. Let's recall the lost youth and memories together:

First of all, fecal Ji Zi.

Also called dung dustpan, it is an instrument for holding agricultural products, farming and fertilizing (holding dung). It is made of Vitex negundo, bamboo stick, etc. Shaped like a dustpan, with hanging beams.

Produced before the 1970s, it is a necessary household agricultural tool in the rural areas of northern China, used to pick up livestock manure such as dog manure and pig manure.

At that time, the social development was slow, so manure was used to grow crops, and manure was used to pick up the excrement of livestock on the roadside, and then filtered and fumigated to make fertilizer.

Therefore, fecal Ji Zi is widely used.

Second, kerosene lamps.

Before the popularization of electric lights, kerosene lamps were the main lighting tools. It uses kerosene as fuel.

Mostly made of glass, it looks like a gourd with a thin waist and a big belly. Above it is a toad-shaped lamp holder, and one side of the lamp holder has a knob that can adjust the wick to control the brightness of the lamp.

At that time, the living conditions were poor, and no family would use electric lights as they do now. At that time, people would go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to get some kerosene, and then the family would get together to do things and chat.

What impressed me most was that my mother often sewed and mended under kerosene lamps.

Third, Mrs. Tang

Also known as "soup cover", it is a flat bottle made of copper or tin.

It is a flat round pot made of copper or magnetic material, with a hole with a nut on it, through which hot water is injected.

Materials are copper, tin, ceramics and so on, which are generally pumpkin-shaped, with a small mouth and a hole on the cover to prevent water leakage.

Mrs. Tang is a heating product that we are very familiar with since ancient times. Huang Tingjian wrote in the poem "Singing the Bottle of Warm Feet": "A thousand dollars to buy a woman with feet and sleep till dawn every night", which became known as the Bottle of Hot Feet.

Of course, most of the products used later were plastic.

With the changes of the times, Mrs. Tang has been rarely seen, replaced by hot water bottles or warm stickers.

Fourth, Lao Tie

Everyone must be familiar with iron.

The main function is ironing clothes, which can make the clothes to be worn smooth, especially in the old society, whether a dress is flat or not also represents a person's identity.

I remember some scenes from some TV plays. No matter how hard life is, people's pursuit of quality of life will not weaken.

They all pour boiling hot water into vats and then use this temperature to iron clothes.

Sometimes life is no longer rich or poor, on the contrary, it is a manifestation of life hope and a spirit.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) trolley

In the north, it is also called "underground platoon".

This was most widely used in the 1970s.

At that time, people coming and going on the road were often seen pushing carts.

Because at that time, I didn't want the rapid development of the present society, and there was no such convenient means of transportation.

I remember my parents once said that it was so happy to have a bicycle at home at that time, so the stroller was the most widely used at that time, which was very convenient to use and could reduce a lot of labor. For example, it does bring a lot of convenience to use a stroller to drag food to the public, such as pushing things to the market, such as people can sit on the stroller.

What kinds of old objects do you have?

In fact, when it comes to these "old objects", the five I mentioned do not represent all of them. After all, "old things" are related to all aspects of people's lives. If you want to elaborate, I don't think you can finish it all day. After all, there is a story behind every old object.

Generally speaking, there are any old objects: stone mill, dustpan, flashlight, cradle, shoehorn, malt machine, radish, feather duster, old seal, hand-made hardwood drill, razor, old cooking pot, brick-making mold, wooden shuttle and so on.

If nothing else, I just don't know how many old objects people used in those days, whether they have been used, and whether those "old objects" still exist today. Maybe some of them have disappeared completely because they are too old.

Summary:

People are nostalgic. I don't know why they miss the past more and more as they get older. In fact, there are folk museums in many places now. I think I can go for a walk if I'm interested. Maybe you can relive that history.