Ceremony marking start of spring plowing held in Khesum Village, China's Tibet

Villagers participate in a ceremony marking the start of spring plowing in Khesum Village, Nedong of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 16, 2019. Khesum was the starting point of sweeping democratic reform in 1959, which ended feudal serfdom under theocracy and began a new chapter for the plateau region in southwest China. (Xinhua/Li Xin)