Tibetans celebrate upcoming Serfs Emancipation Day Younger Tibetans？ learn the history of the serfs emancipation in 53 years ago in Lho...

Tibetans celebrate upcoming Serfs Emancipation Day

Younger Tibetans？ learn the history of the serfs emancipation in 53 years ago in Lhoka on March 25,2012.(Photo/ Tibet.cn)

Celebration is held to commemorate the 53th anniversary of the emancipation of serfs in Lhoka on March 25,2012.(Photo/ Tibet.cn)

Celebration is held to commemorate the 53th anniversary of the emancipation of serfs in Lhoka on March 25,2012.(Photo/ Tibet.cn)

BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhuanet)-- Ceremonies are held across Tibet Autonomous Region to commemorate the 53th anniversary of the emancipation of serfs.

During the past 53 years since the end of the serfdom in 1959, the autonomous region has seen great achievements in economic and social development.

The autonomous region has almost eliminated illiteracy among juveniles and was one of the first areas to establish the new rural social endowment insurance system and the minimum living security system for urban and rural residents.

In 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama and his supporters staged a rebellion. The central government foiled it and initiated a democratic reform to end the slavery system in Tibet.

In Jan. 19, 2009, Tibetan legislators endorsed a bill to designate March 28 as an annual Serfs Emancipation Day, to mark the date on which about 1 million serfs in the region were freed 50 years ago.

2012 sees the fourth Serfs Emancipation Day.