Zhen Liying | 针梨英, 2010
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Zhen Liying (b. 1929) is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Zhen recalls how she went to Jiangxi Province to carry iron pipes and went to the nearby village to carry charcoal during the Great Leap Forward, and how she ate tree bark, tree roots, as well as chaff and stole turnip during the Great Famine. Zhen also talks about an old man in the village, who died of constipation because of eating chaff. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.
针梨英（1929年生）是湖南省茶陵县高陇镇长兴村村民。在这段口述中，针老人讲述了大跃进时期晚上到江西担铁管和到隔壁村担木炭，以及大饥荒时期吃树皮、树根、糠和偷白萝卜的经历。针老人还回忆了村里一位老人吃糠排便困难涨死的情况。
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