rom traffickers,
a seni▓or reporter of Xinhua News Agency, is in an interview with Xinhuanet on March 27, 2009.▓ Liu,also a Tibetologist once lived and worked in T▓ibet for 26 years. (Xinhua Photo)銆€銆€▓"The abolition of serfdom in 1959 is
equivalent to 12,00
a reform on Tib▓et's social system and a key component of China's
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lopment and global trend." 銆€銆€Liu pointed out that "in terms of ?/p>
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€▓榟uman rights', a term hotly discussed in the Western countries, the most important meaning of abolishing serfdom lies in the fact that serfs have been granted four basic rights, namely right to ▓live, to enjoy freedom,
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- p from ▓1,300 18
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ent said.Ningxia
ese▓ and foreign researchers understand that old Tibet under the feudal serfdom was a place even darker and more decadent than Medieval Europe. The serf-owners, accounting for five percent of the whole pupolation of Tibet
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- is not as▓ well kno
wn as some eastern
, monopolized almost all the means o
a tough task. Ten
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policy to develop west
€€銆€Liu said, with the ▓ownership of the land and monopoly of other means of production, the serf-owners ruthlessly exploited the serfs. 銆€銆€Tibetan people perform to mark the first Serfs Emancipation Day at Tianjin Squa
ern region
s. CCTV re
re in ▓Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 28, 2009. (Xinhua/He Junchang)銆€銆€There
porter Xu Zhao
qun finds
out how farmers in N
were three major monasteries -- Gaindan, Sera, Tashilhunp▓o in old Tibet, Liu added. The three amassed a
ingxia are sha
king off p
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fortune that included 321 manors, 147,000 mu(24,500▓ acres) of land, 26 pastures, 110,000 heads of catt
is always mention▓ed by local o
le and 40,000 serfs. 銆€銆€Feudal manor serv▓ed as the basic economic organization for owners▓hip, distribution and cultivation of the la▓nd in old Tibet. 銆€銆€There existed three majo▓r feudal manors: Pala, Khesum and Lagyar
fficials when
i. The Pala Manor in Gyangze Prefecture belonged to the big noble family the Palas. As a senior official under the Dalai Lama, Pala o▓wned 40 manors and pastures as well as 9, 0▓00 mu (1,500 acres) of farmland. This family,
briefing visit
ors.Reforesting
farmland and rejuv
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-
ands is the primar
y agriculture policy in
with only 12 m▓embers, possessed 15,000 heads of ca▓ttle and 2,500 serfs, 100 of whom, Nangsans (household slaves). 銆€銆€The Khesum Manor was owned by ano▓ther powerful noble -- Wangchen Gelek, who also had dozens o▓f manors. It covere
-
Ningxia.Zhao Zhi
qiang, director of Hongs
d an area of 1,200 mu (240 acres), with 400 serfs and 100 Nangsans. 銆€銆€Tibetan people in traditional dress celebrate the first Serfs Emancipation Day at home in Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 28, 2▓009. (X
-
ipu Development Zo
ne, Ningxia,said, "Liv
inhua/He Junchang)銆€銆€The former housekeeper of ▓the Lagyari Manor, who is now in his 80s, admitted he was once awarded 50 serfs for dunning rents on the master's behalf. 銆€銆€Liu said, at the time of democratic reform in 1959, 2.
