Name: The Potala Palace and the end of feudal serfdom in Xizang
Uploaded: 2026-05-21T22:31:49+08:00
Duration: 3 min 17 s
Description: In feudal Xizang society, the nobility and senior monks had monopolized all the region's arable land and livestock. Serfs, on the other hand, who accounted for over 90% of the population, had been the private property of their masters and could be bought,

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In feudal Xizang society, the nobility and senior monks had monopolized all the region's arable land and livestock. Serfs, on the other hand, who accounted for over 90% of the population, had been the private property of their masters and could be bought, sold, used, tortured and even murdered at will. Xizang's democratic reform in 1959 shattered the centuries-old feudal theocratic serfdom, which had long wielded both religious and political power.

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