China, 1975 AD., Jilin Province, Food Ration coupon, 2 Shi Liang of grain. Reverse

State: China, People's Republic (PRC)
Issuer: Jilin Province Staple Foods Office
Location of issue: Jilin Province
Date of issue: 1975 AD., made during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
Value: 2 Shi Liang (100 grams of cereals, 0.2 catty) Food Ration coupon /
Paper voucher
Size: 70 x 28 mm
Material: white paper
Watermark: -
Serial : -
Serial no. : -
Signature: - (0)
Printer:
Obv.: 0.2 - 0.2 / ??????? / ??? / 1975 , 0.2 - 0.2 / Jilin Province Food Stamp / 2 Shi Liang / 1975 , value numbers flanking Title / Denomination / Date, image of the Fengman Dam at center. Chinese lettering across top and across seal; blue colored paper with blue and black characters in Chinese,brown and blue ornaments.
Rev.: 0.2 - 0.2 / ???? / ?? ?????????????????????? / 2? ???????? / 3? ????????????????? / (stamped mark) ?????? Inscription transliteration: (text) Shiyong shuoming / yi, ben liang piao zhi xian zai Jilin sheng jing nei, goumai liangshi huo liangshi zhichengpin / 2, ben piao mian'e wei chengpin liang / 3, ben piao yan jin maimai, weizao he tugai, yishi bu bu / (stamped mark) Jilin sheng liangshi ju Inscription translation: (text) Instructions for use / 1, This ration ticket for cereals is valid within Jilin province only, and may be used to buy cereals or cereal products / 2, The value of this ration ticket is given in weight / 3, It is strictly forbidden to trade or sell, deface or make forgeries of this ration ticket. If lost this ration ticket will not be replaced / (stamped mark) Jilin Province Staple Foods Office , value numbers flanking usage instructions in Chinese within frame, red seal.
References: numista exonumia 227055 .

Food Ration coupons or vouchers are a type of grain purchase certificate issued by the Chinese government from 1955 to 1993. At that time, city inhabitant had to rely on coupons to buy groceries.

Fengman Dam, Chinese (Pinyin) Fengman Shuiba, or (Wade-Giles romanization) Feng-man Shui-pa, hydroelectric and flood-control project on the Sungari (Songhua) River some 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Jilin (Kirin) in Jilin province, China. The dam was first constructed by the Japanese in 1937–42 at the same time they were building the Sup’ung (Shuifeng) Dam at the Korean (now North Korean) border with Liaoning province as part of a large-scale development of hydroelectric power for industry in their puppet state of Manchukuo (Manchuria). The project included constructing a massive dam, 298 feet (91 metres) in height and 3,542 feet (1,080 metres) long and flooding the upper Sungari valley to form a vast reservoir some 45 miles (72 km) long.