Yang Wukui | 杨五魁, 2013

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Yang Wukui (b.1945) is a resident of Xiangzidian Village, Yinhua Town, Shanyang County, Shangluo City, Shanxi Province. During those years, he worked on the construction of roads and dam. He also burned coals at night for iron factories during the backyard furnace movement. There were five people in his family. People were so hungry that they went to find wild vegetables and ate tree leaves. His father got sick because of starvation and died evntually. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

杨伍魁1945年出生。1959年左右参加修路和修水渠。大炼钢铁时，晚上加班砍树烧炭。公社食堂里只提供包谷糊汤。他家里有五口人。人们因为饥饿上坡挖野菜，都挖不到，吃榆树皮。他父亲饿得生病死了。

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