In 1957, it became a labor camp and imprisoned more than 3,000 people in three years, most of them intellectuals and cadres labeled as "right-wing". Many people died here due to hunger, cold and overwork. In the summer of 2026, as a "post-90s generation", I finally arrived here to see what this Mao Zedong-era labor camp looks like today.

In 1957, it became a labor camp and imprisoned more than 3,000 people in three years, most of them intellectuals and cadres labeled as "right-wing". Many people died here due to hunger, cold and overwork. In the summer of 2026, as a "post-90s generation", I finally arrived here to see what this Mao Zedong-era labor camp looks like today.

Archives of the Chinese People Soot and flowers in the depths of the cave: In 2026, when I arrived at Jiabiangao.