Yang Guixiang | 杨桂香, 2014

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Yang Guixiang (b.1942) is a resident of Zhifang Village, Linying County, Luohe City, Henan Province. Yang recalled that she and other women had to bury the dead people in order to have a little food. She was only able to dig shallow pit and had to bend the arms of the dead in order to fit them into the pit. Her mother wanted to give her to others so she could survive but she insisted to stay with her family. Eight teenage girls were sent to build the reservior because there were not enough labor from her village.

杨桂香（1942年生）是河南省临颍县大郭乡纸坊村村民。杨老人回忆说大饥荒时她去埋死人（不干没有吃的），她没力气挖大坑，坑里装不下整个人，就把胳膊撅折了埋进去。她母亲想把她送人逃活命，她不肯，说死也要死在母亲跟前。村里的劳力不够，八个小闺女去派去水库挖河。

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