In the old bookstore, Chen Yiyang spent six hundred yuan to buy this air-raid shelter certificate found tucked inside an old book.
The front of the certificate features the holder's name and photo, along with the stamp of the official who issued it.
The back simply says "Air-raid shelter certificate."
During the war, Shan City, acting as the temporary capital, endured years of bombing.
Because of this, Shan City built many air-raid shelters for people to hide from the bombs.
This air-raid shelter certificate is a product of that era.
But actually, you didn't need this so-called air-raid shelter certificate to get into the shelters; you could enter them with or without one.
In fact, you could just write an air-raid shelter certificate by hand if you wanted.
This type of certificate was likely issued at the beginning of the bombings to make the process of entering shelters seem more orderly and avoid chaos.
It can be considered a piece of historical evidence.
