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China News Agency, Lhasa, March 28, title: Spring breeze at the foot of the Potala Palace, Tibetan people remember the bitterness and sweetness of the liberation of the serfs
China News Agency reporter Jiang Feibo
“For all of our Tibetan people, today is a great day worth remembering forever.” Chi Lai, 65, is a resident of the Balangxue community in Chengguan district, Lhasa. In the early morning of the 28th, he woke up early, dressed in traditional Tibetan clothes and prepared to participate in the ceremony of “raising the national flag and singing the national anthem” that took place in the Potala Palace Square. to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of the millions of servants of Tibet.
In January 2009, the Second Session of the Ninth People’s Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region voted to set March 28 of each year as the anniversary of the liberation of the millions of servants of Tibet, so that all the Chinese people, including Tibetans, Always Remember, 1959 People of all ethnic groups in Tibet carried out democratic reforms while countering their rebellion. It was an important historical moment for millions of servants to rise up and be freed.
Contrary to the western world view of Tibet as a “haven of paradise” or “Shangri-La”, the feudal serf society of Tibet before the democratic reform was extremely savage and backward.
“Before 1959, my father was a servant in the family of a local lord in Nagqu. His daily job was to shepherd and milk the lord.” Chi said that before the democratic reforms of Tibet in 1959, his family had no property. I was hungry.
“After the democratic reform, our family was assigned more than ten yaks and more than twenty sheep.” He said they had the first unprecedented fortune in history.
On the day of the celebration, the city of Lhasa on the plateau, 3650 meters above sea level, was beautiful in spring, and the plateau willows were spitting fresh green blooming flowers. The ancient Potala Palace sits atop Red Mountain, and is even more majestic under the blue sky and white clouds.
At 9:30 a.m., the Tibetan party, government and army, representatives of religious circles, students and people gathered in the Potala Palace Square, everyone took off their hats to show their greatness and prepare to receive the national flag.
At 9:55 a.m., the Mayor of Lhasa, Guoguo, presided and announced: “The ceremony to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of the one million servants of Tibet has begun.”
Subsequently, the national flag guards departed from the White Tower on the west side of the Potala Palace with a loud and powerful rhythm, slowly escorting the national flag towards the arena. Believers passing by the Potala Palace and visiting tourists stopped to welcome the solemn moment.
At 10 o’clock, with the accompaniment of a military band, Wu Yingjie and other leaders of the Tibetan party, government and army sang the national anthem of the People’s Republic of China with representatives from all walks of life. The national anthem echoed in the Potala Palace Square; the spring breeze fluttered over the square.
Ama Dawa Lazhen, 79, who also attended the event, was full of gray hair. He said that he was born in Qamdo, Tibet, Qamdo was the first leg of the original 18th People’s Liberation Army Army to carry out the peaceful liberation mission in Tibet. After Qamdo’s liberation, Dawa Lazhen became one of the first Tibetan students to receive modern education in the area, then she went to Xianyang, Shaanxi to receive higher education.
“As a witness who was born in an old age and raised in New Tibet, I know in my heart who oppressed and liberated us; who allowed us to live a difficult life and who lifted us out of poverty and prosperity.” Zhen said that Tibetans cannot forget the oppression and suffering of the past, much less the kindness of the Chinese Communist Party. (End up)
