Fan Chunyan | 范春燕, 2016

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Fan Chunyan (b. 1939) is a resident of Heiqi Village, Damiaokou Town, Dong'an County, Hunan Province. She is the interviewer's mother. In this interview, Fan recalls about her life, her childhood experiences, her father's way of living and how most members in the Fan family died during the Land Reform. She also recalls life in the steel mill while constructing blast furnace and life in the countryside when she and her husband were sent down there because he was labeled as a rightist. She also talks about her giving birth, etc. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

范春燕出生于1939年，是湖南省东安县大庙口镇黑漆村的村民。她也是采访人的母亲。在这段口述中，范老人回忆了自己的一生：范家在土改中的灭族之难、父亲的存世之道、童年遭遇、大炼钢铁的钢厂生活、受丈夫右派连累的农村生活、她的生育故事等。

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