Memories from the edge of China

By Globaltimes.cn, Published: 2015-05-27 19:31:20

Tian Cuizhi (right) and her workmate stand among wheat in the August First Farmland in Lhasa, Tibet in 1968. Tian and 140 others set off on their months-long journey from Xuchang, Henan Province to Tibet Autonomous Region, becoming one of the thousands of youth sent to work in China’s border regions in 1966. Photo: tibet.cn

Editor's Note:

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Those who decades ago devoted their youth to helping develop China's border regions now share their rich memories through collections of personal photographs.

Tian Cuizhi (second from right in the front) works with Hubei Medical Team at Pengbo Farmland in Lhasa, Tibet, 1975. Photo: tibet.cn

Tian Cuizhi (left) and a workmate in the wheat fields of Pengbo Farmland in Lhasa, 1978. Photo: tibet.cn

Tian Cuizhi stands with her husband at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Xigaze, Tibet, 1979. Photo: tibet.cn

Tian Cuizhi sits in front of the Working People's Cultural Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. The structure was dismantled in 2004. Photo: tibet.cn

Tian Cuizhi would travel on horseback to reach patients at the Pengbo Hospital, Tibet. Photo: tibet.cn