Image Archives of Former Serfs in Tibet: Sercho

Photo taken on April 15, 2021 shows the portrait of Sercho in Nalung Village of Damxung County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

LHASA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Sercho, born in 1929, was a serf and lived under cruel feudal serfdom before the democratic reform in Tibet in 1959.

Born at the cowshed, Sercho could never forget the difficult times without enough clothes and food in old Tibet. "When I was a child, I was physically weak. My father took me to beg from door to door," Sercho recalled.

Thanks to the democratic reform, Sercho's life turned on a new page.

Sercho (C) and her family pose for a group photo in Nalung Village of Damxung County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

Sercho (R) holds a lamb in Nalung Village of Damxung County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

Photo taken on April 15, 2021 shows Sercho in Nalung Village of Damxung County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)■