In the photo is a Tibetan serf living on the street. Serfdom in Tibet can be traced back to the end of the ninth century and basically took shape in the thirteenth century. In the more than seven hundred years of its existence, the vast number of serfs, who accounted for nearly 90% of the total population, were oppressed and exploited by serf owners. They have endless hard work every day, but often they don't even have a full meal and a decent place to live. Serf owners, who accounted for only 5 percent of the total population, enjoyed a well-fed life.
The serf owner in the photo rides the serf as a livestock. Using people as mounts seems to only appear in film and television works, but in fact, in Tibet, more excessive things than this are real. In the eyes of the serf owners, the serfs were nothing more than livestock that could speak human language and could be manipulated at will.
The picture shows serfs living with livestock. The serfs had no human rights at all, even in official documents. In the documents promulgated by Tibet in the seventeenth century, it was stipulated that serfs, like grass and trees, were appendages of the land and were under the control of the serf owners. It can be said that serfs are treated directly as goods.
The picture shows a serf living in a cave, and a mother holding her child in rags. The livestock still had pens, but the serfs were exploited and oppressed to live in caves, which was sad. At that time, serf owners, who accounted for a very small part of the population, were in charge of a vast area of land, and the serfs could only work for them free of charge. Although sometimes the serf owners would give them a small piece of land, it was often a barren and abandoned place, and with heavy taxes, it was difficult to survive.
In the photo is the bedroom of the serf owner, and it can be seen that the furnishings are very gorgeous. The serfs lived in horse sheds, caves, and even abandoned and slept on the streets, while the serf owners lived in luxurious houses, and the contrast was stark.
In the photo, the children of the serf owners are bullying the children of the serfs, and such a small child knows that bullying is a pity. Serfs are inherited, and the children of serfs will still be serfs when they grow up, and they will never be able to turn over from generation to generation. Some serfs' children were forced to grab food from stray dogs at a very young age, which was very sad.
In the photo, a serf called the serf for pleasure because the serf owner was idle and bored, and used him as a live target for musket shooting, a "bang" shot, breaking Tsering's left arm on the spot. The serf Tsering kept the broken arm to this day. Serf owners destroyed humanity and often did cruel things for their own pleasure. It was also common to cut off the hands and feet of serfs or blind them.
The picture shows a serf whose eyes were gouged out by the serf owner. Because they were serfs, they could not be reunited even if they were married. Because the serf owners had the right to dispose of the serfs at will, including many cruel criminal laws, few people dared to resist in the face of all kinds of inequality and oppression at that time.
The serf owners were mercenary and inhuman. When the serfs grew old and the labor force declined, the serf owners would abandon them and expel them. These old people have worked for them all their lives, have no arable land, and often end up begging for a living and dying of illness on the streets. In the photo, a serf is just expelled by the serf owner because he cannot work, and the incapacitated serf can only lie on the side of the road waiting to die.
This image is shocking. The serfs in the photograph are obviously too thin to be normal, but they are still chained like livestock and have to work in the fields. In 1959, the evil serfdom was abolished, and the vast number of serfs finally had a day to turn around, and the people's hearts were excited.