天宝是中国共产党最早的藏族党员之一,他的名字还是毛泽东给起的呢。天宝原名叫桑吉悦希,1917年出生在四川省马尔康县党坝乡。按照藏地习俗,他从小就被送进寺院当了小喇嘛。1935年,一支长征途中的红军队伍转移到川西阿坝地区。藏民们从未见过红军,只听过反动派谣传,说是红军“灭族灭 Tianbao is one of the earliest Tibetan members of the Communist Party of China and his name is given by Mao Zedong. Tianbao formerly known as Sang Ji Yuexi, was born in 1917 in Banba Township, Malkon County, Sichuan Province. According to Tibetan custom, he was sent to the monastery as a little Lama. In 1935, a Red Army troop on the long march was transferred to the Aba area in western Sichuan. The Tibetans have never seen the Red Army and only heard the rumors of reactionaries saying that they are the Red Army’s ”genocide."