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

Aerial photo taken on March 16, 2019 shows a view of Khesum village in Nedong of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. 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/Jigme Dorje)