(InTibet)Former serf Dro Dra’s new life in Tibet

LHASA, April 8 (Xinhua) — Dro Dra, an 85-year-old villager in Xigaze, was as soon as a serf in previous Tibet. Again to the previous time, regardless of the laborious work all 12 months spherical, Dro Dra’s household couldn’t have a grain of highland barley they grew for themselves. 12 months after 12 months, they struggled in a vicious circle of borrowing meals, paying taxes to the lord and returning meals.

“Boiling water requires firewood, however each grass and tree within the manor belongs to the lord. If we have been discovered selecting firewood, we’d be crushed,” recalled Dro Dra sadly.

All of the distress ended for Dro Dra after a democratic reform liberated greater than 1 million folks, or 90 p.c of the inhabitants of the area at the moment, from the feudal serfdom in 1959.

Dro Dra clearly remembered the night time when his household received beef and mutton from the lord’s warehouse they lit a bonfire and danced whereas cooking. He couldn’t assist shedding tears on the first chunk of the meat that night time.

These days, Dro Dra lives in a gorgeous and vivid two-story Tibetan-style home, with six vans and tractors parking within the yard. His household’s annual earnings is about 200,000 yuan (about 30,542 U.S. {dollars}). Below the care of his kids, Dro Dra would not want to fret about his life anymore, and he’s completely satisfied he can lastly dwell a peaceable life at his previous age.