Gala celebrates Tibet's 50th anniversary

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-03-29 09:44

BEIJING -- A gala was held Saturday in Beijing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the emancipation of Tibetan serfs. Top political advisor Jia Qinglin and other senior officials watched the performances.

Jia Qinglin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Political Science and Law Commission (CPSLC) of the CPC, greet performers at a gala to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the emancipation of Tibetan serfs in Beijing, capital of China, March 28, 2009. [Xinhua]

The gala, held in the studio hall of the official CCTV, are mainly songs and dances performed by Tibetan artists expressing their joys and gratitude over the liberation of Tibetan serfs in 1959.

Saturday also marks the first Serfs Emancipation Day, which was endorsed by Tibetan legislators in January this year to commemorate the historic changes that took place in Tibet 50 years ago.

The first Serfs Emancipation Day was celebrated across Tibet Autonomous Region on Saturday, and people from elsewhere in China expressed their wishes to the Tibetans.

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