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![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 550 W: 19 N: 1421]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (10428) | The Liberation Monument in front of Tibet's Potala Palace, traditionally the winter home of the Dalai Lama. In this China commemorates the "peaceful liberation" of Tibet by Chinese troops in 1951.
The Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959
The statue's construction in such a sensitive spot shows it is designed to send a political message to Tibetans about Chinese rule over the region.
The 37-metre sculpture serves as a daily reminder of the humiliation of the Tibetan people.
The statue cost 1.7 mln dollars. It is intended to be "an abstract representation of Mount Everest".
The monument was unveiled on the anniversary of the "peaceful liberation" of Tibet. "In just fifty years, the people of Tibet, led by the Communist Party of China, have made historic strides in changing their social system, and their living standard has kept improving. This fifty years has witnessed Tibet going from darkness to light, from backwardness to progress, from poverty to prosperity, from dictatorship to democracy, and from closedness to openness." - Chinese official said. "The completion of the monument is an eternal commemoration to the historic event of Tibet's peaceful liberation fifty-one years ago. It's also in memory of those heros who died for the liberation and construction of Tibet."
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We tried to asked the people on the square about the monument but there were problems with the language.
Pałac Potala z poprzedniego zdjęcia jest dla Tybetańczyków miejscem świętym. Tybetańczycy właściwie modlą sie cały czas. Na zdjęciach widać albo jak ida z młynkami modlitewnymi, albo rzucają się na ziemię. W takim to miejscu Chińczycy wystawili Pomnik dla uczczenia pokojowego wyzwolenia Tybetu. Od kogo wyzwolili? Próbowaliśmy sie czegoś dowiedziec od miejscowej ludności, ale były klopoty językowe.
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