Interview with Liu Yue'e

LIU Yue'e (b. 1939) is a resident of Xiawan Village, Shaanxi Province. In this interview, Liu recalls the life during the Great Famine. People didn't have much food in the communal canteen, had to eat tree leaves, some died of starvation. When the whole nation was devoted to iron-smelting and steel production, villagers who helped carried raw iron sheet were given a little food. During the Cultural Revolution, armed fights in a local high school caused large amount of casualty.

刘月娥1939年出生，是陕西省商洛市丹凤县龙驹寨镇下湾村村民。在这段口述中，刘老人回忆了大饥荒时吃食堂吃不饱，人们纷纷吃树叶，有人饿死。大炼钢铁时，背生铁板的人会有一点吃的。文革时中学造反派武斗死了很多人。生产队组织大家修河堤，但只提供很少的食物。田里种的豆子和麦子，但每人所分的粮食极少。

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