Tan Duisheng | 谭对生, 2012

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Tan Duisheng (b. 1931), who was the village accountant from 1955 to 1985, is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Tan recalls how he, as a village leader, attended meetings, organized villagers to construct blast furnace and build dikes, and managed the village finance, and how people ate tree bark, chaff, and etc. during the Great Famine. Tan also talks about how people destroyed the Four Olds during the Cultural Revolution. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

谭对生（1931年生）是湖南省茶陵县高陇镇长兴村村民，曾在1955年至1985年期间担任村里会计。在这段口述中，谭老人讲述了大跃进期间作为干部要参加会议、组织群众大炼钢铁、搞水利建设、管理财政，以及大饥荒时期吃树皮、糠等的经历。谭老人还回忆了文革期间破四旧的情况。

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