Interview with Li Zuchun

Li Zuchun (b. 1943) is a resident of Jimingqiao Village, Baiyun Town, Shimen County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Li recalls how the production team dug out dead bodies from tombs to make farming fertilizers during the Great Leap Forward, how his family survived the Great Famine through stealing sweet potatoes and collecting tares, and how he exchanged bed frames, made from his house’s beams, for grains.

李子春（1943年生）湖南省石门县白云乡鸡鸣桥村村民。在这段口述中，李老人回忆了大跃进时期大队熬死人骨头做肥料、大饥荒时期家里人通过偷番薯割稗子而免于被饿死、以及老人拆屋梁做床换粮食的情况。

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