A Study On The Down To The Countryside Movement Of The Rusticated Youth In Horqin Right Front Banner

Horqin Right Front Banner is located in the northeast of InnerMongolia. From1968to1980, according to the statistics, the bannermobilized and arranged12,940rusticated youths. It was one of the majorbanners for arranging the rusticated youth in Inner Mongolia.This thesis discusses the Down to the Countryside Movement of therusticated youth in Horqin Right Front Banner from four aspects. Thefirst chapter summarizes the process of the movement of Horqin RightFront Banner. It includes three phases—the initial stage(1968-1973),development(1974-1977), the return to cities(1978-1980). In the secondchapter, it analyses the source and constitution of the rusticated youth atgreat length. The source includes the banner itself and other banners. Theconstitution includes the proportion of gender, politics status, familybackground, age structure and degree of education, etc. The third chaptersummarizes the life and work conditions of the rusticated youth in HorqinRight Front Banner. It mainly discusses the individuals, life of collectivehouseholds and their work. The last chapter focuses on where they left for.It expounds the two aspects. The first is where did the rusticated youth go? The second is about their employment in the Horqin Right Front Banner.Making a general survey of the movement, it experienced threeperiods. The source and the group structure of the rusticated youth arecomplicated and various. At that time, the life of the rusticated youth washard; they work condition was hard; it was difficult to go back to thecities and they could not choose their employment and the place theywanted to go to.