Interview with Jia Futian

Jia Futian (b. 1936) was born in Changchun, Jilin Province. During the Siege of Changchun in 1947, Jia fled to Yangjiazhuang Village, Hebei Province with his family. In this interview, Jia talks about the life during the siege and their fleeing, as well as other various experiences from the Liberation to the Cultural Revolution. After the Liberation, Jia went to work in Beijing. In 1958, as a Catholic, Jia expressed his disapproval of the government’s religion policies. He was therefore sent to a farm for labor reeducation and experienced the Great Famine on the farm. He was not allowed to return home until 1969. After the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976, Jia went to work in Tangshan as a migrant worker. According to Jia, the work in Tangshan was much more grueling than the farm.

贾福田1936年出生于吉林省长春市，1947年长春围城时随家人逃难到河北省杨家庄村。在这段口述中，贾老人回忆了长春围城和逃难时的情况，以及解放后直到文革时的各种经历。解放后贾老人在北京工作。1958年，信奉天主教的贾老人因为对宗教政策不满，被发配到农场进行劳动改造，直到1969年才回家，期间经历了大饥荒艰苦的三年。1976年唐山大地震后老人去唐山充民工，据老人回忆，那段经历比在农场劳教时还要辛苦。

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。