Interview with Xu Qingming

Xu Qingming (b. 1953), who is the youngest among Luo Bing’s interviewees, is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Xu recalls how people ate chaff, sweet potatoes, and etc. to survive the famine in 1960. During the Cultural Revolution, Xu was appointed the commander of the local Red Guards because his class status is poor peasant. He talks about his experiences of learning Chairman Mao’s works in the county as the representative of the local people’s commune, raiding landlords’ houses, organizing meetings to criticize landlords, and singing model play songs and other revolutionary songs during this period.

许清明（1953年生）是湖南省茶陵县高陇镇长兴村村民，是采访人罗兵的采访对象中最年轻的一位。在这段口述中，许老人回忆了1960年粮食匮乏当地人吃糠、薯、等充饥的情况。文革期间许老人凭借自己的贫农身份担任红卫兵司令员。文革期间作为公社代表到县里学习毛主席著作、抄地主家、开会批斗地主、唱样板戏和革命歌曲的经历。

Transcripts for this interview and more may be available under the ‘Documents’ link above. 采访抄录和相关内容，请点击查看上面的’Documents’链接。