Interview with Zhang Liang

Zhang Liang (b.1939) is a resident of Wanbaochang Village, Tongchang Town, Yimen County, Yunnan Province. In this interview, Zhang remembers life during the Great Famine. He recalls eating at People’s Commune canteen for paying back loans to the Soviet Union. Food was not enough, so they ate wild herbs. Women had no breast milk after giving birth due to starvation. One man called Li Chunfu died of poisonous honey.

张良1939年出生，是云南省易门县铜厂乡铜厂村委会万宝厂村的村民。在这段口述中，张老人回忆了大饥荒时期的生活。他记得吃伙食团是为了还苏联的债。粮食不够，只能吃野菜。因为吃不饱，生了孩子之后没有奶水，一个叫李春福的人吃了毒蜂蜜之后死了。

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