New days on the roof of the world | Former serf now weaves happiness for herself

Baima, a woman in her seventies from Sangba village in Rikaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, her daughter and her granddaughter, three generations in all, have witnessed the spring that the democratic reform brought to serfs. The craft of weaving pulu, a traditional Tibetan woolen fabric, has been passed down from generation to generation. The craft has been transformed from "hard labor imposed on serfs" in the past into "a hope for prosperity" for the family today. The rhythmic clatter of the loom is a witness to the years of suffering and rebirth, and reflects the tremendous changes in people's livelihoods on the snowy plateau.