Zhi Dongming | 郅东明, 2012 January 10

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Zhi Dongming (b. 1939) is a resident of Xiguan Village, Shaanxi Province, and the grandfather of the interviewer, Zhi Pengbo. In this interview, Zhi recalls the life from 1958 to 1961. When constructing blast furnace in 1958, the villagers had to work both day and night. They mined coals, cut firewood and pumped the bellows. In 1958, all the young men in the village were sent to build road and cultivate wasteland for farming in different places. During the Great Famine, like most of the young men in the village, Zhi was working outside. Only the old people were left in the village. Although no one died of starvation, many got sick.

郅东明1939年出生，是陕西省商洛市商南县城关镇西关村村民，是采访人郅鹏波的爷爷。在这段口述中，郅老人回忆了58年到61年的生活。58年大炼钢铁，白天黑夜都要干活，挖矿、砍柴、拉风箱，到了59年村里小伙又都被派到外地各处修路、开荒。大饥荒期间郅老人和村里大部分年轻人都在外地干活，只有年纪大的留在村里，虽然没有人饿死，但不少都病倒了。

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