The Granary of the Great Country: Oral Records of the Left-behind Educated Youth in Beidahuang
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In the 1950s, 140,000 demobilized officers and soldiers marched to the Great Northern Wilderness, where "the sky is vast, the land is vast, and there is a pond of dead grass and reeds." "The sky is low, the snow is flying, and the wind is crazy." They "wage war against the earth and ask for food from the wasteland" for the hungry Republic. In the 1960s, more than 17 million educated youth across the country went to the mountains and countryside, and 540,000 educated youth came to Beidahuang. By the end of the 1970s, 95.5% Of the educated youth had returned to the city, and 800,000 educated youth remained, of which 20,000 stayed in Beidahuang and were called "the educated youth who stayed in Beidahuang." This year marks the 50th anniversary of the educated youth going to the mountains and countryside. Some of the left-behind educated youth are already in their late teens and the younger ones are in their sixties. The author selected the 19 most representative educated youths from hundreds of people he interviewed. These 19 curves of fate constitute 16 true and touching stories, telling the past years from going to the countryside to persevering. The left-behind educated youth in Beidahuang used their 50 years of life to provide us with a coordinate of life, allowing us to find our own position, and let us understand what responsibility is, what responsibility is, what commitment is, and what life is...
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