Rally
Rebels rallying towards the Norbu Lingka (1959)
Damage
Rebels set fire to the Lhasa Transport Terminal (1959)
Armed Provocation
Rebels besieged the institutions of the Tibet Work Committee and staged armed provocation (1959)
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Destroy
Rebels destroyed roads and bridges (1959)
Animal Epidemic Prevention
Animal epidemic prevention team going to the pasturing area to vaccinate livestock (1957)
A Helping Hand
PLA troops stationed in Tibet giving relief grain to poor peasants and herders (1959)
Exercising Political Rights
Zhaxi Wangdui, a peasant, participated in the election of a deputy to the People's Congress. This was the first time he exercised his political rights as master of his own affairs after being emancipated
Smiling Faces
Emancipated serfs in Nedong County celebrated a bumper highland barley harvest for the first time after the Democratic Reform (1960)
Yesterday No More
Emancipated serf Ngawang was elected the first township head of Nedong County, the first township government set up in Tibet Autonomous Region during the Democratic Reform
Support
Tibetan people voluntarily organized transportation teams to give support to the PLA for suppressing the armed rebellion (1959)
Joy
People singing while dancing and presenting hada to the portrait of Chairman Mao. During the Democratic Reform in Tibet, emancipated serfs sing, "We cannot forget the Communist Party after being liberated and we need to thank Chairman Mao for emancipating us."
Gratitude
An old woman presents tea to PLA soldiers for helping with the autumn harvest (1959)
Working Together
Tan Guansan, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Tibet Work Committee and political commissar of the PLA Tibet Military Area Command, together with the Tibetan people, dug irrigation ditches in Tibet
Demand
Tibetan serfs gathered at a rally demanding an end to feudal serfdom (1959)
Singing
This story took place in the rural areas of Dagze County, Tibet on August 25, 1959. Peasants from Tagyi Township found many contracts in the storehouse of a manor. They turned out to be serfs' body mortgages through which the serf-owner exploited and oppressed them. Having experienced so much misery, they angrily burned the contracts. The flames roared, and emancipated serfs were singing in a high mood. The fire not only burned piles of contracts, but eliminated an old society and old system
Getting Livestock
Emancipated serfs from Nangang Village, Doilungdeqen County, were given livestock (1959)
