Interview with Xia Changying

Xia Changying (b. 1946) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Yindian Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. Her father died when she was eight, and her mother died when she was thirteen. Since 1959 he and her four sisters suffered from constipation because of eating chaff. They also ate water elm bark and water grass. Zijin Mountain was called 'Mountain of the Dead' because many people, who worked on mines there for constructing blast furnace, died there. In 1964, when the Four Cleanups began, Xia married to a man in Minyue production team. She and the local people participated in reservoir construction during the daytime, and in criticizing those who hadn't cleaned up their reactionary elements at night. She specifically mentioned how Li, who was selected as the president of poor peasant association, lied to criticize other people.

夏常英（1946年生）是湖北省随州市殷店镇钓鱼台村村民, 8岁时父亲去世, 13岁时母亲去世。夏老人家里姐妹五人, 1959年开始吃糠导致排便困难, 另外还吃榔树皮和水草。当地人把紫金山叫做'死人山'，因为为了炼钢铁去那里挖矿的人很多都死在那里。四清运动开始的1964年, 夏常英嫁到民跃大队。白天参加水库建设, 晚上开会批斗'四不清'。她特别提到队里的李＊＊被工作组选为贫协主席, 开会时说假话批斗'四不清'。

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