Interview with Yang Guangyue

Yang Guangyue (b. 1928) is a resident of Wangjiayan Village, Baiyun Town, Shimen County, Hunan Province. Yang married a man in Wangjiayan Village in 1954. Her parents’ class status was landlord, and her in-laws’ was rich peasant. In this interview, Yang recalls how the people’s commune canteen had adequate food supplies at the beginning and later lacked food. At this time the local leaders forbid villagers from eating wild herbs and tree bark because this would bring shame on the commune canteen. Because of complaining about the production team demolishing their house, Yang was punished to kneel and her father-in-law was criticised to death. In 1959, Yang was punished to run with a wooden horse on her back for refusing to join the “sister group” of the production team.

杨广月（1928年生）是湖南省石门县白云乡王家堰村村民。她1954年嫁到该村，自己娘家的阶级成分是地主，丈夫家的阶级成分是富农。在这段口述中，杨老人讲述了1958年兴办公社食堂一开始食物充足、后面食物匮乏时干部不允许村民吃野菜、树皮等充饥，因为这是给食堂抹黑。该时期生产队拆掉杨老人家的房屋、杨老人抱怨被罚跪，公公被批斗致死。1959年杨老人因为不愿意参加生产队的“姊妹队”，被罚背着木马跑步。

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