February 14

On Feb. 14, 1986, the 10th Panchen - Panchen Erdini Chokyi Gyaltsen, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Honorary President of China Buddhist Association, arrived in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet Autonomous Region. Three days later, he kicked off the Grand Summons Ceremony in Lhasa's Jokhang Monastery which was attended by Buddhists and political leaders of the region.

On Feb. 14, 1980, Tibet Daily addressed urgency of eliminating pernicious influence of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and stressed the great importance of upholding sound ethnic policies and safeguarding equal and autonomous rights of ethnic minorities.

On Feb. 14, 1970, a huge fire broke out in Nixi Mountain, Nyingchi County (now Bayi district) of Nyingchi city in Tibet. Thousands of local cadres and soldiers fought the forest fire while 4 cadres and 1 soldier died.

On Feb. 14, 1959, Tibetan Army arrested 2 Han-Chinese workers and carried out illegal interrogations on them, because they thought the workers tried to assassinate the 14th Dalai Lama during a religious ceremony held in Jokhang Monastery that day. However, it was turned out to be a conspiracy at last.