Interview with Fan Qingwen

Fan Qingwen (b. 1949) is a resident of Beizhuang Village. In this interview Fan says that both his parents passed when he was little. His gradfather committed suicide in 1959 because he was wronged for stealing food when he was actually borrowing consented by the village carders. At the beginning of Cultural Revolution, Fan went to Beijing to participate in a parade as a red guard, and they were received by Chairman Mao on October 18, 1966. Fan also told a story of peasant woman who cursed Mao to death at a village gathering in 1941. Mao didn't actually punish her because her husband was killed fighting in a communist troop and she had three children to raise by herself. Mao started Nanniwan agricultural development experiment to help local peasants and the troops to be self-sufficient.

樊庆文1949年出生，是山西省衡定襄县受禄乡北庄村村民。在这段口述中，樊老人回忆自己父母早逝，爷爷是大跃进时因饥饿借粮食被冤枉59年自杀死的。文革开始，老人1966年10月18号在北京参加集会并受到毛主席接见。老人还讲了1941年的一个往事：一个农妇在集会时诅咒毛主席被雷击死，因她的丈夫在边区牺牲，家中无劳力，毛主席没有惩罚那妇人，还号召部队帮助生产。

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