Ning Caiyun | 宁彩云, 2010

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Ning Caiyun (b. 1940) is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. She escaped from Hunan Province to this village after the Great Famine. In this interview, Ning recalls that she married her husband in 1958, and migrated in 1960 to Shaoyang City of Hunan Province, where her husband worked as a coal miner. In 1960 Ning's husband worked in an electrical machinery plant while Ning worked in the canteen. They and their children fed on congee made from wild herbs, tree roots, grass roots, and rice. Ning also talks about the five family members, including her grandmother, father, uncle, aunt, and uncle's child, who died of starvation during the Great Famine. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.

宁彩云（1940年生）是湖南省茶陵县高陇镇长兴村村民，在大饥荒过后从湖南逃到该村。在这段口述中，宁老人讲述自己1958年和丈夫结婚，1959年跟着在湖南邵阳下井挖煤的丈夫艰难度日，以及1960年丈夫在电机厂工作、自己在食堂煮饭、用野草、树根、草根和米一起煮粥吃的经历。另外，宁老人还回忆了大饥荒时期家里有五位亲人饿死的情况，包括老人的外婆、父亲、舅舅、舅母、以及舅舅的孩子。

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