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Yin Tingxiang (b. 1942) is a resident of Huanzidong Village, Shenyang, Liaoning Province. In this interview, Yin recalls the life during the Great Famine. Many people were starving to death and the dead bodies were stacked up on the streets. Yin was still at school during that time. However, because of the famine, they did not have any class but all went out to dig wild herbs and tree barks for extra sustenance. Many people fled to Jilin and Heilongjiang Province because there were more foods there.

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.

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