WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.300 --> 00:00:05.740 align:center line:-1Interviewer: Hi. Thank you for accepting my interview. 2 00:00:05.750 --> 00:00:07.450 align:center line:-1 Hi. 3 00:00:07.460 --> 00:00:12.740 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: Could you tell me when were you born? 4 00:00:12.750 --> 00:00:16.860 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: You don’t need to say the exact year; just the decade will do, such as “’60s,” “’70s,” “’80s,” etc. 5 00:00:16.870 --> 00:00:19.920 align:center line:-1 I was born in the ’70s. 6 00:00:19.930 --> 00:00:28.460 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: The '70s. Could you tell me where you were born and grew up in China? 7 00:00:28.470 --> 00:00:33.990 align:center line:-1 I lived in Daqing, Heilongjiang [Province], in northern China. 8 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:47.540 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: Have you heard of the historical incident, the Cultural Revolution? Are you able to remember the first time [you heard about it]? 9 00:00:47.550 --> 00:00:57.270 align:center line:-1 I feel like I know the term “Cultural Revolution,” but I cannot remember when I first heard about it or knew this term. 10 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:06.910 align:center line:-1 My feeling is that, as I grew up, there must have been people who’d mention this term, including during class time. 11 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.990 align:center line:-1 However, I do not have much memory about when I first started encountering this term or knew what it was. 12 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.840 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: Ah. You just mentioned you were born in Daqing. 13 00:01:13.850 --> 00:01:21.730 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: So, have you ever heard the slogan, “Industry learns from Daqing; Agriculture learns from Dazhai; the whole nation learns from the People’s Liberation Army of China”? 14 00:01:21.740 --> 00:01:23.580 align:center line:-1 I’ve never heard it. 15 00:01:23.590 --> 00:01:43.430 align:center line:-1 I feel like...when I was growing up, my parents rarely mentioned the Cultural Revolution or talked about [whether] they had experienced any…shock or suffering, or anything like that. 16 00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:49.860 align:center line:-1 It seems like what they talked about more was the “three years of natural disaster.” 17 00:01:49.870 --> 00:01:54.650 align:center line:-1 During that time, they never had enough to eat and tried every possible way to find food. 18 00:01:54.660 --> 00:02:01.630 align:center line:-1 I have a deeper impression of this. It led to my parents both being really hardworking and thrifty. 19 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:04.990 align:center line:-1 However, I don’t have many memories regarding the Cultural Revolution. 20 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:11.120 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: So you mean that if they talked about any historical event with you, it would be the “three years of natural disasters,” right? 21 00:02:11.130 --> 00:02:17.470 align:center line:-1 Yes. Also, they said that they were always eating potatoes and tree bark. 22 00:02:17.480 --> 00:02:24.590 align:center line:-1 They taught us that we should cherish food and be satisfied with our current life, since we can buy whatever we want to eat these days. 23 00:02:24.600 --> 00:02:30.980 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: In terms of the Cultural Revolution, they don’t have too many negative memories, right? 24 00:02:30.990 --> 00:02:38.690 align:center line:-1 Right. At least, I don’t have any recollection that they ever discussed circumstances during the Cultural Revolution with me. 25 00:02:38.700 --> 00:02:48.330 align:center line:-1 I feel like, actually, I don’t have much of an impression. I’m not sure when I started knowing [about] the Cultural Revolution. It could be I saw it on television. 26 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:53.940 align:center line:-1 I just don’t have much of an impression about the Cultural Revolution. 27 00:02:53.950 --> 00:03:01.320 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: I see. The slogan I mentioned before—“Industry learns from Daqing…”—really left a deep impression on [my generation]. 28 00:03:01.330 --> 00:03:08.250 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: Daqing had very high historical position during the Cultural Revolution. 29 00:03:08.260 --> 00:03:14.160 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: So, you were born in this place, but maybe you don’t have much impression about this, probably because you were born later. 30 00:03:14.170 --> 00:03:16.250 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: We all had a really deep impression [of Daqing]. 31 00:03:16.260 --> 00:03:21.650 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: So when you said you’re from Daqing, [I immediately thought], “Industry learns from Daqing.” 32 00:03:21.660 --> 00:03:30.630 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: Now, if people bring up [the Cultural Revolution], do you have an interest in understanding more about it? 33 00:03:30.640 --> 00:03:32.480 align:center line:-1 Actually, I don’t have much interest. 34 00:03:32.490 --> 00:03:41.860 align:center line:-1 From my point of view, this is something that happened long, long ago, before I was even born. I’m not interested. 35 00:03:41.870 --> 00:03:51.390 align:center line:-1 Also, among the people around me, my parents and my classmates, no one ever spontaneously brings up the Cultural Revolution. 36 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.630 align:center line:-1 At least, around me, that’s how it is. 37 00:03:53.640 --> 00:03:56.040 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: You also do not have many opportunities to understand more about it. 38 00:03:56.050 --> 00:04:01.750 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: Probably you are not engaged in historical research, social sciences and humanities, is that right? 39 00:04:01.760 --> 00:04:03.370 align:center line:-1 Right. 40 00:04:03.380 --> 00:04:08.950 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: I am glad to meet an interviewee who is from Daqing. 41 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:10.380 align:center line:-1 Interviewer: Thank you very much for accepting our interview. 42 00:04:10.390 --> 24:00:00.000 align:center line:-1 You’re welcome.
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