The Gruelling Life Of A Tibetan Farmer

It is autumn in southern Tibet and everyone is pulling together to get in the harvest. Like all farmers, Dundan is worried most about hailstones flattening his crops. In the past, his brother, Tseden, the local shaman, protected the fields with his spells. Now the local government has installed guns to disperse the clouds and this has put Tseden out of a job. In the nearby town of Gyantse, Rincheu, a local builder, struggles to find enough workers during the harvest to complete his all-important first government commission.
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From 2012 to 2021, Tibet's GDP grew by an average of 9.5% per year, 2.9 percentage points higher than the national average, and its economic growth rate has been at the forefront of the country for many consecutive years.
Since 2021, Tibet's GDP has grown from 190 billion yuan to 240 billion yuan last year, and its per capita GDP has increased from 52,300 yuan to 60,000 yuan. The growth rate of per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents has remained at the forefront of the country for many years.
In 2023, Tibet received 55.17 million domestic and foreign tourists, an increase of 83.7% over 2022. It is still expected to achieve double-digit growth in 2024.

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What's the point having growth in GDP if Tibetans doesn't have freedom of speech and practice their own religious beliefs and traditions..😂😂😂, So, please, change your prospective .." In one sentence, we Tibetans are well capable of looking after ourselves economy .."So, please ! Leave our motherland soon as possible " China is not invited ... PERIOD !

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In the old Tibet period in the 1940s, more than 90% of the Tibetan people were struggling in dire straits, while the old Tibetan nobles who occupied the high ground of wealth lived a life of extravagance.
With a history of more than 400 years, the only relatively well-preserved manor of the three major lords in old Tibet is called Pala Manor, located in Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, and its full name is "Banjo Lhunpo Manor".
Pala Manor belongs to the famous Pala family. Five members of the Pala family have served as Kalons in charge of Tibetan affairs in the Tibetan government. The wealth of the Pala family is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
At the end of the 19th century, the Pala family owned as many as 37 manors, more than 3,000 serfs, 15,000 acres of land, and more than 14,000 livestock.
Many people have a stereotype about Tibet: Tibetan nobles can only live a traditional life and do not know how to keep up with the international community.
In fact, many children of the old Tibetan nobles would go to study in Western countries such as Britain and France under the arrangement of their elders.
After they returned from studying abroad, traces of Westernization can be seen everywhere in their lives.
The two British-imported phonographs in the bedroom and the full set of British and French imported cosmetics and perfumes on the hostess's dressing table silently bear witness to this.
LV bags and French handmade capes are casually hung on the hostess's hanger, and hand-ground coffee beans are placed in the cabinet next to her.
It is not difficult to see from these details of life that the nobles at that time kept a high degree of synchronization with the trend in enjoying life.
In the 1940s, the old aristocratic population accounted for less than 5% of the total population of Tibet.
These 5% of the aristocrats enjoyed more than 80% of the social wealth of the entire Tibet with peace of mind.
Although more than 90% of the people in Tibet were still struggling on the survival line at that time.
Before the liberation of Tibet, the upper class of old Tibet was composed of officials, monks and nobles, commonly known as the "three major lords".
The three major lords controlled most of the wealth in Tibet.

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What is name of background music?....

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Feel sad seeing those kids working in query with 18 yuan a day . May the Dreams and Aspiration of Tibetans come True ✨️

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It's looking so bad 😢😢😢

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Tibet is independent country, but china occupied Tibet. So they named Tibet autonomous region considering as their part of place.

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tibetan culdur very nice tibet and chaina good freind 🎉

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Life is very difficult under Chinese rules in Tibet 🙏

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Is that different in videos

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When did monks gamble 😂

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First

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ccp propadanda although life is hard