Thang Long oil stove, aluminum kettle, electric stove in the kitchen.
Trade stores are considered the highlight of the exhibition space. According to Mr. Trinh Dinh Duong – Director of Thanh Hoa Provincial Museum, during the subsidy period, to get the daily necessities, many families had to mobilize their family members to get up early to go to the queue. If you are in line and have to leave the position, people often use a brick to mark the place… to hold the place. People go to the market with stamps, food books…
“In order to recreate the scene of the trade counter, the unit has organized exhibitions and re-enactments about the life of the subsidy period, thereby helping people, visitors, especially the younger generation to understand more about a historical period. important history, respect and preserve the great achievements of the country’s renovation work,” said Mr. Duong.
A space to celebrate the New Year is decorated eye-catching for visitors, taking souvenir photos.
Rose cups and cups are used to make tea for guests.
Visiting, people and visitors can also return to their childhood memories through the game of eating mandarin, experience pounding rice with a stone mortar…
As a person who has lived and experienced difficulties during the subsidy period, Mr. Nguyen Van Khoan (79 years old, visitor) shared: “Coming here I feel like returning to the memory of the subsidy period. I remember the counter the most. trade with queues to buy food for Tet. There were queues all day but couldn’t buy anything because it was out of stock, it was a very difficult and difficult period.”
According to cultural researcher Nguyen Huu Ngon, for those born before the renovation (1986), the subsidy period left a very deep impression. This is an extremely difficult but also very heroic period, proving the efforts and industriousness of the Vietnamese people. During that difficult subsidy period, people’s Tet had many shortages, but it was also very joyful. It left each person at that time an unforgettable memory. The most remarkable thing of people in this period is the will, determination and energy to overcome. This is a generation that knows how to endure, suffer together, share, the state of people is equal.