Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Reporter Song Hao
According to Beijing Daily, Jiang Xun, founder of Beijing Model Bookstore, book binding designer and engraving collector, died on January 16 at the age of 51.
Jiang Xun's wife Xing Na told reporters: "He died accidentally in the process of moving books in the warehouse. The time of the memorial service is yet to be determined, and due to the epidemic situation, everything is simple.
"Jiang Xun once said, 'If one day I am gone, I hope that the model brand will always be there.'" At present, she is trying to maintain the normal operation of the model bookstore. Xing Na said, "Jiang Xun has put a lot of effort into these six stores. ”
Model Bookstore is a bookstore in Beijing, mainly engraved printing/design, founded in 2014 and currently has six branches. Under the epidemic, the offline book industry is facing pressure, Xing Na said that during the epidemic last year, in order to maintain the normal operation of the bookstore, they sold a house of more than 200 square meters in Guozijian. According to second-hand real estate agencies, the current house price in Beijing's Guozijian sector exceeds 110,000.
Jiang Xun, a self-styled Dalai resident, was born in February 1970 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, it has held dozens of large-scale art exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai and other places over the years. In recent years, he has focused on book cover design, and has designed more than 1,000 kinds of book covers and related products for the State Council State Administration, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Finance, the National Library, the National Museum, The Union Medical College, the Zhonghua Bookstore and other institutions, and his works have been selected for many times in the domestic book fair, and won the first China Publishing Government Award Binding Design Award, "China's Most Beautiful Book" and other awards.
He also likes to collect and appreciate ancient books and engravings, and there are many ancient engravings. In 2009, he cooperated with the National Library of China to establish the Wenjin Engraving Museum, which is open to the public free of charge all year round, and is currently the deputy secretary-general of the Binding Art Committee of the China Publishing Art Committee and the executive director of the Wenjin Engraving Museum.
Xing Na said when thinking about Jiang Xun, "Model, 'mold' is the meaning of word mold, 'Fan' is its tray, we are still an independent bookstore based on engraving printing and design." "The model is named after one of the four great inventions of printing.
"During the epidemic, in order to keep 6 stores, we even sold the house where we had lived for many years. Because I always wanted a house for 6 bookstores to be worth it. My husband, Jiang Xun, is a painter by birth and has the persistence and persistence of an artist. ”
Netizens mourned.
Jiang Xun, who was committed to book publishing and cultural dissemination before his death, also fell down in the process of carrying books and fell into the pile of books. Born out of love, died of love.
In addition to beijing daily and other media, chen zishan, a professor and scholar at East China Normal University, and others have forwarded messages to show their condolences.
Professor Chen Zishan said that his "A Glimpse Collection" was arranged by Jiang Xun to be published. In 2020, Jiang Xun also proposed that he publish another book commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of writer Zhang Ailing, and volunteered to design exquisite binding. At that time, because Chen Zishan had already signed a contract with the Commercial Press, this cooperation failed to succeed. But the cover of the book designed by Jiang Xun, Chen Zishan has always kept.
On the cover is the title of the book ,"Zhang Ailing: After the Legend", which is a typical Song character of traditional printing, and there is a watermark of half of Zhang Ailing's face as the bottom. Zhang Ailing's face extends from the cover to the back cover, and the opening is a complete face. Chen Zishan said, "May Brother Jiang also have books in heaven as a companion." ”
In addition to Professor Chen Zishan, senior media personality Li Hui, Liu Yang, director of the Beijing Shidi Folklore Society, and Green Tea, editor-in-chief of "Green Tea Book", also expressed condolences on WeChat and Weibo.
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