摘要
SOWING HOPE A spring farming ceremony is held in the community of Khesum, in the city of Shannan in Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China. This kind of ceremony dates back more than 1,600 years. According to the Tibetan calendar, March 16 marked the start of this year’s spring farming. Khesum Community, previously Khesum Village, was the first village in Tibet to launch social reforms to end the feudal serfdom system in 1959. By 2017, all residents of Khesum had risen out of poverty. The annual per-capita net income of the community reached 25,324 yuan ($3,900) in 2020, a more than 100-fold increase since 1978.
