Liu Xiangsheng | 刘湘生, 2010

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Liu Xiangsheng (b. 1937) is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Liu describes the Great Famine as 'surviving the hardship,' which resulted from paying Soviet Union's debts. Liu recalls how they ate kidney beans, alfalfa, sorghum, chaff, tree bark, and wild herbs when food supplies were limited, and how several fellow villagers died of edema because they drank too much water. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

刘湘生（1937年生）是湖南省茶陵县高陇镇长兴村村民。在这段口述中，刘老人把大饥荒时期形容为'过难关'，认为'过难关'的原因是要给苏联还债。刘老人回忆了该时期用以充饥的蚕豆、苜蓿、麦子、高粱、糠、树皮、野草等，以及几位同乡喝水得水肿病致死的情况。

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