"Escape":Survival Of The State Before And After Land Reform In Northeast China

The main problem of land reform movement in China is related to farmers.For all levels of farmers in the countryside,the problem of land is the most common thing they are concerned about.That is the problem of abolition of feudal land ownership by proletariat through revolution so that everyone can has land for life.However,after the reform of land,the landlords have suffered the biggest change from the superior level to the one who need to depend on others for life.For landlords,the reform of land is a significant change of their wealth and society level.Because of the lack of literature about landlords,this paper presents the results of interview of eight fugitive landlords that has experienced the land reform and the change of their life before and after reform at the beginning of the foundation of new China.The results tries to reflect the event realistically and in detail.By literature review and interview,this paper discusses change of life style,life condition and living place of landlords before and after land reform.By analyzing these materials,this paper obtain the results that land reform by Chinese Communist Party is of great reference value for solving new problems in the society and dealing with relationship of different levels of the society.After land reform,Province of Heilongjiang experienced rapid development from"desert of northern land" to "barn of northern land".However,development of this area needs many labors and agricultural activity.This provides the perfect environment for landlords after escape.Before land reform,landlords do not need to worry about life.From the point of material,they have high quality life compared with other villagers.From the point of society level,landlords represent dignity and authority of the village and keep peace and safety of the village,After land reform,landlord’s property was confiscated.Moreover,they become the most unseemly class.At the same time,landlords suffer abuse,exclusion.Because of the multiple oppression of life,social and spiritual,landlords choose to escape their hometown to survive.By interviewing and classing eight landlords,there are type of life miserable,type of spiritual oppression and muddle along.This reflects the state of land reform has changed the lives of the landlord class "high content" class,but also come to the landlord class ingredients brings hardship after half landlord can not get rid of.