Serfs' Emancipation Day
| Serfs' Emancipation Day | |
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| Also called | Serfs' Liberation Day |
| Date | 28 March |
| Next time | 28 March 2026 |
| Frequency | Annual |
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| Simplified Chinese | 西藏百万农奴解放纪念日 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 西藏百萬農奴解放紀念日 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Tibet one million serfs liberation commemoration day | ||||||
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Serfs' Emancipation Day, observed annually on 28 March, is a holiday in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China that celebrates the emancipation of serfs in Tibet. The holiday was adopted by the Tibetan legislature on 19 January 2009 and it was promulgated that same year. In modern Tibetan history, the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai declared the dissolution of the Tibetan government on 28 March 1959 and he replaced it with the temporary Preparatory Committee for the Tibet Autonomous Region (PCTAR), with the Panchen Lama also replacing the Dalai Lama as its acting chairman.