Yin Tingzhi | 尹廷芝, 2010

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Yin Tingzhi (b. 1929) is a resident of Huanzidong Village, Shenyang, Liaoning Province. In this interview, Yin talks about her experience of fleeing to the Great Northern Wilderness where foods were relatively sufficient during the Great Famine. In order to make money for the trip, Yin's family sold the wooden parts of their house to the Sanjiazi Coal Mine, but they had to keep the land because everyone was starving and no one wanted it. In the Great Northern Wilderness, Yin's husband worked for the local production team. The family of six had to sleep on a small bed extended by a piece of plank. After six months, because it was too cold there and her daughter was old enough to get married, Yin's family moved back to Huanzidong Village. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

尹廷芝1929年出生，是沈阳市法库县獾子洞村村民。在这段口述中，尹老人回忆了大饥荒时期逃难到粮食相对充足的北大荒的经历。为了凑够路费，尹老人一家把房子的木结构卖给三家子煤矿，但因为饥荒没人需要地皮，他们只能自己留下。到了北大荒后尹老人的丈夫在生产队工作，一家六口人就睡在一个小炕上，一边还拿木板接着。待了半年以后因为北大荒太冷，女儿也到了该结婚的年纪，尹老人全家又搬回了獾子洞。

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