The Potala Palace and the end of feudal serfdom in Xizang

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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