[Explanation] The Kesong community in early spring is sunny, and the "First Village of Democratic Reform in Tibet, Kesong" on the Tibetan gate at the intersection is eye-catching. It seems to tell the people of the past the unique history that happened here.
Kesong Community is located in Changzhu Town, Naidong District, Shannan City, Tibet. It is one of the six manors of the former Tibetan local government Galen Sokang Wangqing Gelie in Shannan, called "Kesong Manor."
In 1949, when Suolang Duoji, a villager in Kesong Community, was born, it was still a feudal serfdom society, so he was labelled as a "slave" from the moment he was born, and he began herding for slave owners at the age of 8.
[Concurrent] Suolang Duoji, a villager in Kesong Community, Changzhu Town, Naidong District, Shannan City
At that time, the social system was like this. When the child was 8 years old, he was a slave to the manor owner and had to herd cattle for them.
[Explanation] In 1959, Tibet's democratic reform was initiated by the "Kesong Manor", and the serfs here were liberated.
[Concurrent] Suolang Duoji, a villager in Kesong Community, Changzhu Town, Naidong District, Shannan City
Before the democratic reform, I had experienced 10 years of old social life. After I was 10 years old, I caught up with the democratic reform. The villagers also had their own homes, got rid of oppression, and gradually led a rich and happy life.
[Explanation] The reporter passed through the front and back yards and came to the open-air balcony of Suolang Duoji's house.
This ancient old man pointed to the speaker hanging under the Tibetan eaves and said that now he listens to songs, grows flowers, and basks in the sun in his small courtyard every day to enjoy his life.
Suolang Duoji told reporters that after the democratic reforms, Kesong Village established teaching centers for ordinary people, which made him get to know Tibetan letters and numbers for the first time.
[Concurrent] Suolang Duoji, a villager in Kesong Community, Changzhu Town, Naidong District, Shannan City
After the democratic reform, a peasant teaching center was established in Kesong, and I had the opportunity to go to school.
[Explanation] After studying at the teaching site for three years, he was selected to study power generation technology in Lhasa, and returned to Kesong Village (now Kesong Community) after completing his studies, where he worked in power generation for more than 10 years.
[Concurrent] Suolang Duoji, a villager in Kesong Community, Changzhu Town, Naidong District, Shannan City
Later, when a hydropower station was built in Kesong, I became a generator.
The villagers compared the electric light to the "sun" that illuminates Kesong at night, and the people were particularly happy at the time.
[Explanation] The reporter walks in Kesong community. The streets here are clean and tidy. There are two-story Tibetan-style buildings scattered throughout. The straight asphalt horses extend from the community to the provincial highway, and generations of Dai Kesong people walked out of the mountain and walked Higher education institutions have become a force for building Tibet.
[Concurrent] Bian Ba Ciren, First Secretary of the Party Branch of Kesong Community, Changzhu Town, Naidong District, Shannan City
There are more than 300 college graduates in our community, and there are currently 45 college students.
[Explanation] Bian Ba Ciren, the first secretary of the Kesong Community Party Branch, told reporters that the Kesong community achieved poverty alleviation in August 2017.
In 2020, the total economic income of the community will exceed 42.6 million yuan (RMB, the same below), and the per capita disposable income will reach more than 24,300 yuan.
[Concurrent] Bian Ba Ciren, First Secretary of the Party Branch of Kesong Community, Changzhu Town, Naidong District, Shannan City
20% of our community’s total economic income comes from agriculture, 10% comes from animal husbandry, and the remaining 70% comes from labor income.
[Explanation] In the "post-90s" Debai in Kesong community, he runs a department store that offers everything from daily necessities, grains, oils and vegetables, as well as e-commerce and financial-related services.
[Concurrent] Debai, a college student entrepreneur in Kesong Community, Changzhu Town, Naidong District, Shannan City
Because I am a young man born and raised here, (after graduation) I stayed in the community and opened this small shop. There is also an e-commerce service point here, and at the same time, it also provides cash withdrawal services to the villagers.
[Explanation] Debai said that the unique historical culture of Kesong community attracts more and more people to visit, which also provides a development platform for entrepreneurial youth in the community, enabling them to realize value at their doorstep.
Standing in front of the Debai store, you can see people waiting in line in front of the community exhibition hall.
The exhibition hall uses objects, pictures, text and restoring the old social life to tell the true stories experienced by Kesson's fathers, to educate future generations not to forget the history and to cherish the new life of the present.
Reporter Gongsanglam reports from Lhasa, Tibet
Editor in charge: [Bian Liqun]