http://sd.sdnews.com.cn/jinan/201403/t20140325_1561592.htm
Shandong commercial newspaper reporter Gao Qian
the "Encyclopedia" of "Encyclopedia", cut by old Chen for more than 40 years, came into the home of Chen filial piety, a small living room. A small bedroom, twenty or thirty square meters of small space, simple and simple. In the most elegant group of furniture, there were no personal belongings, which filled him with thousands of "treasures" collected over the past 40 years. Among them, nearly 60 volumes of newspaper clippings are called "encyclopedias", and there are all kinds of stamps and picture books that have witnessed the development of the times. In Chen's hometown, you can also find the old code book, the old map of Ji'nan. These things, as if narrated a modern history of social development, at the same time, have become the spiritual sustenance of Chen Xiaocai's old people.
decades of experience, he looked like a treasure. Chen Lao is 78 years old this year, but he still looks strong and gentle. Since the 60s of last century, collecting has become his biggest hobby. After retirement in 1982, collection has become an indispensable part of his life.
on the south side of old Chen's bedroom, a group of furniture with a bookcase and a cupboard, filled with all kinds of folders and file bags, is the whole blood of him for more than 40 years. "This is mainly the newspaper clipping in the past decades, the largest number. The rest are stamp albums, old photographs, old maps... " Chen Lao told reporters that as long as he saw all the newspapers and commemorative books worth collecting, he bought them all.
reporters saw three sets of commemorative books on the top of the cabinet. "Unfortunately, there are only third sets, fourth sets and fifth sets." These, when buying a set of at least 1000 yuan. "The former wages are not so high, no matter how expensive, I will buy them with great care. After all, this is worth treasuring." Over the years, Chen Lao has not spent much money in collecting, but his own retirement pay is not much. In this regard, Chen Lao's wife also expressed support, "he likes this, we have no opinion." The 60 volume of newspaper clippings is an encyclopedia, which is the most significant collection of Chen Lao's collection these years. That is nearly 60 clippings. No matter who sees this group of huge pamphlets, they all admire. To sum up, these accumulated newspapers are full of stories for half a century.
reporters saw that Chen Lao had spent a lot of effort on this. According to the content of the newspaper, there are more than ten different kinds of characters, sports, military, calligraphy and painting, domestic and international. "We must separate ourselves from each other, otherwise we will not be able to organize well if we accumulate more." The reporter saw that there was a booklet titled "China's great event", which was readily scanned. There were many old newspapers with yellow color. Chen Lao said, these are afraid to move now, the paper becomes crisp, for fear that it will be broken when touched. With a booklet, reporters saw the changes and development of China in recent decades.
this entire bookcase clippings are stacked up to three or four meters tall. Chen Lao said that with these newspapers, people can understand history and re read history. "These things can't be bought for much money." Compared with the history of the times in old and old collections, the reporter saw a map of the old Ji'nan, about the city map of the 70s of last century, much smaller than it is now. "Though it is a small picture, it can help you understand the history of a city." Chen Lao said.
talking about the code book, many young people are very strange. In the collection of Chen Lao, there is a standard code book printed in 1980. "I used to be a soldier, and I worked as a correspondent, so I had more contact with telegrams." As he turned over his book, he said, "for example, the word" one "is replaced by 0001, and" hello "is translated into 01321170. With the development of the times, we all use the telephone, though it has long been eliminated, it is hard to find and find. " Among some of his treasures, Chen Lao felt particularly valuable for several photos of Premier Zhou collected in the 60s of last century, and one of the worn negatives. The reporter learned that Chen had been assigned to a research institute in Beijing for scientific research. "Looking at these old photographs reminds me of those days when I returned from North Korea to Sichuan and all the way to Ji'nan's hometown." Chen Lao told reporters that now he retired, often bring out old things, will feel quite a lot.