Top news reporter Huang Yafang image Geng Yizhuo Xi Rongrong
Surrounded by flowers and greenery, people passing by here may think that this is a flower shop?
Light coffee, elegant music, walking into the store, or would you think it was a drink shop?
Full of hydrangeas, roses, mint, rosemary, begonia trees, magnolias... It is dazzling, it seems to be a "secret garden" in the eyes of passers-by, if you are rushing to these to punch in, then the store manager will definitely persuade you to stop.
In the eyes of Zhang Yang, the director of the catalog bookstore, all the elements of beautiful literature and art here are only foils in front of the book, and in this era where punching cards and taking pictures are regarded as daily life, how long have you not read a book with your heart?
Unwilling to become the base for Internet celebrities in the traffic era
When the reporter came to the catalog bookstore, the manager Zhang Yang was taking care of the flowers and plants in the small yard and starting her daily day.
"I cherish this garden so much that I get up very early every day to take care of it, then have a cup of coffee, sit in a rocking chair, read a book, listen to music, and for me it's the best start of the day." Zhang Yang said.
Last month, Catalog Bookstore just celebrated its sixth anniversary. Before 2017, the bookstore was in Jinhui East Street, and the past catalog bookstore was not entirely book-based, as well as light meals, theme activities, etc., until it moved to the civil aviation bookstore garden, Zhang Yang found the bookstore he really wanted. "Bookstore I just want to make books, if you do something else, it's not called a bookstore, there will be some book friends who come here often, everyone knows each other for many years, get together to talk about books, this is what the bookstore ultimately wants." 」
Although the store is not large, each book is carefully selected by the store manager. "In fact, the biggest effort I put into the bookstore is to choose books, so I don't want the books I choose to be disrespected, many people use this place as a punch card attraction, and they come here just to take pictures, or even not to say hello." 」 In the open words, there seems to be a hint of helplessness in disappointment.
In Zhang Yang's eyes, many people who come to the bookstore are upside down, and her carefully created environment is to hope that the people who come to read are more comfortable, and everyone can talk about books and hearts together, rather than turning the catalog bookstore into a network red punch card base in the traffic era.
There is no so-called "feeling", just want to express yourself
Shop, as the name suggests, is a place of consumption, drink a cup of milk tea for a dozen pieces, eat a meal for hundreds of dollars, in the era of fragmented information, are you still willing to spend 20 yuan to buy a book for "immersive" reading?
I don't know when, bookstores seem to have become synonymous with "literature and art". "I want to make a bookstore too!" We have to support bookstores and can't let it go down! Such a voice is something that Zhang Yang can often hear, and she will think, what is the meaning behind the momentary resonance?
Zhang Yang said: "Many people come to the store with the attitude of 'shopping', and even many people will think that it is strange to spend in the bookstore. I think the books I would like to recommend to everyone will be presented on the shelves, but many people come to the store, and they have not even opened a book, they have seen the book, but they are not really reading the book, just to stop for a better environment, but I think the greatest possibility can make more people recognize the book. ”
The store not only has well-known classic books, but also some out-of-print books, old books, and even books from the 70s and 80s and even the Republic of China period, and the back of the books is marked with the words "1300 yuan" in price, which is also a witness of the times.
Zhang Yang believes that reading can make everyone sink down and think, perhaps because of the current social state, there are fewer and fewer people reading books, and everyone has not had the opportunity to calm down to read a book for a long time, but she believes that as long as you are willing to open a book seriously, you will slowly develop a reading habit.
Bookstores are not noble gathering places, and there is always a book for you
"We have to work to live, not to live for work." Zhang Yang picked up a book to introduce to reporters, this is not only the title of the book, but also her attitude to life, she believes that in this era of anxiety, the core points expressed in this book are worth pondering.
Because in the community for many years, many neighbors have also become regular customers of catalog bookstores. Zhang Yang told reporters that many of the flowers in the store were sent by neighbors, and neighbors often came to see their own flowers, or specially brought her meals, and this "bookstore owner" job is also her most real life.
April 23 is about to usher in the World Reading Day, when the reporter asked Zhang Yang Catalog Bookstore whether there will be some special activities, Zhang Yang admitted that he once did a reading day joint book club activities, but later felt that there is no need to deliberately look for this day, because people who love to read are reading days every day.
Before the epidemic, the catalog bookstore will have a used book market every year, book friends can bring their idle books to the store for free, sharing, exchange, book shopping, in addition, the catalog bookstore will do a theme writer reading sharing every one or two months, participating book friends need to read at least one writer's work in the near future, which has been insisted on for nearly four years.
"Everyone reads in a different direction, the book ideas feel different, offline thinking collision, will have a deeper understanding of the writer, meet the book friends are interested in the writer, after a long time will also do another issue, such as Hemingway, Hesse, Atwood, etc., this month will be the Russian writer Babel's short story as the main body to do some sharing, but also welcome interested friends to come to exchange and read." Zhang Yang said.
◆Catalog bookstore "Store manager said"
Bookstore literally means "the store that sells books", which is the premise and basic. As a book seller, I hope that everyone can recognize the difference between the bookstore and the library, the focus of attention is the book itself, come to the catalog bookstore, can see some of the books I carefully selected on the shelves, do not ignore them; I open this bookstore is to focus on books, if it is just a photo punch card, the café may be a better scene, the bookstore needs to read, do not complicate simple things, and so on.