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Yang Wanxiang (b. 1922) is a resident of Huanzidong Village, Shenyang, Liaoning Province. In this interview, Yang recalls the life during the Great Famine. Yang was working as the supervisor of the village's production team. In 1959, everyone was still eating at the communal canteen, but starting from 1960 when the famine was at its worst, people had to eat at home. Many starved to death in that year. The situation began to improve in 1961. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

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Yang Wukui (b.1945) is a resident of Xiangzidian Village, Yinhua Town, Shanyang County, Shangluo City, Shanxi Province. During those years, he worked on the construction of roads and dam. He also burned coals at night for iron factories during the backyard furnace movement. There were five people in his family. People were so hungry that they went to find wild vegetables and ate tree leaves. His father got sick because of starvation and died evntually. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

Yang Xiulan (b.1919) is a resident of Zhanggao Village, Heguan Town, Qingzhou City, Shandong Province. In this interview, Yang remembers experiences during the Great Famine. Her husband was building the reservoir elsewhere, and she grinded sweet potato vines for the People's Commune canteen. Her second son starved to death because there was not much to eat. Later they went working at Liangmeng Village, and few people were strong enough to work in the farm. Corpses were not buried but all next to the river. The filmmaker's description of this interview has been translated into English.