Interview with Tan Dongzai

Tan Dongzai (b. 1947), the youngest among Luo Bing’s interviewees, is a resident of Changxing Village, Gaolong Town, Chaling County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Tan says that he herded cattle for the production team, collected fruits and caught fish to sell at the local market, and he was caught for stealing the collective rice during the Great Leap Forward. He recalls how he ate chaff, tree bark, as well as grass roots during the Great Famine. Tan witnessed people died because of the brutal treatment during struggle sessions when he was a platoon leader of the people’s militia.

谭冬仔（1947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，谭老人讲述了大跃进期间给生产队放牛、摘水果捉鱼到集市上去卖、偷集体稻穗被抓，以及大饥荒期间吃糠、树皮、草根等的经历。谭老人还回忆了文革时期自己任民兵排长时，目睹的批斗人致死的情况。

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。