Yang Shizhen | 杨世珍, 2016

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Yang Shizhen (b.1939) is a resident of Jiaochangba Village, Kuanzhuang, Fuming County, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Yang is Xiong Jiahong's wife and she cannot manage her daily life on her own. During the Land Reform, Yang's family was classified as landlord. Out of fear, her father hanged himself. Her mother was locked up for a month. Since her mother was sick, 12-year-old Yang Shizhen went to struggle session in lieu of her parents. She got married at the age of 18 and then had 10 children, 5 of which died at the age of 2 or 3. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

杨世珍（1939年生）是云南省昆明市富民县款庄乡校场坝村村民。杨世珍是熊家红的妻子，生活不能自理。土地改革期间，她家被评为地主后，其父由于恐惧，上吊自杀，其母被关押一个月。由于母亲患病，十二岁的杨世珍代父母去参加批斗大会。她十八岁嫁人，生了十个孩子，五个在两三岁的时候病死。

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