"Reading Shen Congwen is the duty of the People of Xiangxi. Customs, humanities and history, life care, each takes what it needs"
"Mr. Shen Congwen himself is a big article, and his many literary works reflect the human heart and humanity of the times."
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"World Book Day 2022 - Commemorating the 120th Anniversary of Mr. Shen Congwen's Birth" Reading Sharing Meeting. Photo by Yang Xianqing
On April 22nd, on the occasion of the 27th "World Book Day", Xiangxi Prefecture held the "2022 World Book Day - Commemorating the 120th Anniversary of Mr. Shen Congwen's Birth" reading sharing meeting, commemorating and paying tribute to Mr. Shen Congwen in the "experience exchange", "emotional convergence" and "collision of ideas" of the on-site sharers.
Wrapped in a rough cloth, he has a poetic and bookish atmosphere in his belly. This reading sharing meeting is a vivid epitome of Xiangxi Prefecture's promotion of the "national" reading project and the construction of "Xiangxi Xiangxi". Since 2019, Xiangxi Prefecture has made every effort to promote the "national" reading project, vigorously built the "Xiangxi Shuxiang" brand, based on government agencies, schools, communities and rural areas, continuously strengthened the construction of reading positions, enriched the carrier of reading activities, Xiaohe has shown sharp corners, and the fragrance of books is full of urban and rural areas.
The construction of the position is full of books all over the city
Soft lighting, simple decoration, soft music... Li Yalan, an employee of the Xiangxi Prefecture Taxation Bureau, felt relaxed and happy every time he walked into the "Staff BookHouse" of his unit.
Li Yalan, an employee of the Xiangxi Prefecture Taxation Bureau, selected his favorite books in the "Staff Bookstore". Photo by Yang Xianqing
"The staff bookstore has provided us with a lot of convenience, and when we have time, we can read books and cultivate cultural literacy." Li Yalan said that there are many kinds of books, complete facilities and large reading space, which is very suitable for reading exchanges and leisure.
"The staff bookstore was put into use in 2017, covers an area of 140 square meters, and currently has a collection of more than 3,000 books." Long Xiangliu, chairman of the trade union of the State Tax Bureau, always had endless words when talking about the "staff bookstore". "Relying on the reading position of the bookhouse, we actively create brand activities such as 'Book Friends Club', 'Reading Classics' and 'Reading Sharing Club' to let employees really enjoy it."
The most important thing is that the fragrance of books can be intoxicating, and the fragrance of books is not only spilled over towns or institutions.
Jishou Zhenxi Street Shaziao Community Country Garden Community Library is complete, rich in books, has become a bookstore in front of residents' homes. Photo by Yang Xianqing
Recently, Luo Fen, director of the Women's Federation of Zhaiyang Village in Shijiachong Street, Jishou City, found that the children in the village watched less TV, played with mobile phones and tablet computers, and the rural bookstore was often filled with readers.
"Since there are more bookstores in the village, parents are often dragged by their children, and many people will turn over agricultural technology books in the process of waiting for their children, and the planting technology has also improved." Rofen said.
The "farmhouse bookstore" built in the countryside plays a platform role in the revitalization of rural culture. Photo by Yang Xianqing
Since 2020, Xiangxi Prefecture has actively promoted the construction of reading positions, and gradually formed a three-level reading position of "city, town, community (village)", as of now, a total of 81 state-level bookhouses and 8 "book-fragrant organs" have been awarded (entrusted with licenses), 10 state-level reading demonstration bases for the whole people, 20 "scholarly campuses", and 250 county and city (district) organ bookstores.
From cities to rural areas, from government agencies to enterprises, the reading positions everywhere break down the barriers of urban and rural reading, open up the "last kilometer" of book construction, and lay a full foundation for the construction of the "Xiangxi Xiangxi" brand.
Rich carrier, Xiangxi is everywhere in the fragrance of books
"Books are the precious spiritual wealth of mankind, the crystallization of lessons learned, and the cornerstone of moving towards the future."
"Reading is an important way for people to learn, a navigation lamp for life's struggle, a channel for cultural inheritance, and a ladder for human progress."
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The "Mingzhi Book House" in Tanxi Town, Luxi County, held various reading activities.
On April 22nd, on the occasion of World Book Day, Qianyuan Primary School in Jishou City held the "Shuxiang Qianyuan Yuemei Childhood" reading festival activity, and all the teachers and students of the school wandered in the ocean of knowledge.
The library is full of rivers, the staff bookstore interprets the classics, the people talk to the people in the study... Between urban and rural areas in western Hunan Province, similar events are frequently staged.
In order to create the brand of "Xiangxi Xiangxi", Xiangxi Prefecture takes various activities as the carrier and vigorously organizes and carries out colorful reading activities for the whole people around the three major groups of party members and cadres of organs, school teachers and students, and community (village) residents, setting off a reading boom for the whole people, and everywhere there is a fragrance of books.
The Xiangxi Prefecture Taxation Bureau relies on the reading position of the "Staff Book House" to carry out various reading activities.
Xiangxi Prefecture Library takes "Reading Xiangxi Xiangxi And Sharing Books" as the brand reading theme, actively plays the role of the library's reading promotion front, and has held more than 90 series of reading promotion activities in the past 5 years, benefiting more than 50,000 people; rural areas and communities rely on rural bookstores and community bookstores to carry out a series of activities such as "My Bookhouse, My Dream" and "Rural Reading Season"; the State Education and Sports Bureau has comprehensively carried out the "Campus Reading Project" in primary and secondary schools throughout the state.
Reading space expansion, various theme reading, book reading season, online reading, paying attention to special groups of reading, book series typical selection... Xiangxi Prefecture highlights the leading role of the activity carrier, and a series of reading projects and brands have sprung up like mushrooms, achieving blossoming everywhere. From the city to the countryside, from the society to the classroom, from online to offline, the influence of "Xiangxi Shuxiang" has been expanding.
Mutual help and sharing, the fragrance of books moisturizes you and me
"I brought the books I read to the school, shared and discussed with everyone, and read the books brought by my classmates, and I could also gain different feelings." In Jishou Qianyuan Primary School, Chen Weiyi, a fifth-grade student, is discussing the character characteristics and storyline of the book "Snow White", a military pigeon, with her companions.
Jishou Qianyuan Primary School has a total of 88 bookcases, more than 20,000 books throughout the campus, students in a strong cultural atmosphere to develop good habits of reading.
"The school has set up bookcases and reading areas in each corridor of the teaching building, and a total of 88 bookcases on 5 floors, so that students can read books anytime and anywhere, and there is no need to register to borrow books." More than 20,000 books are scattered across the campus, many of which are donated by students. Gao Gao, secretary of the school party committee and principal, said that Qianyuan Primary School put forward the reading slogan of "sharing a book", which not only realizes the sharing of book resources, but also cultivates students' character of knowing how to share and sharing.
The Xiangxi Prefecture Public Security Bureau Library is incorporated into the state library branch library system to achieve the sharing of high-quality resources such as technology, content and services. Photo by Yang Xianqing
The Library of the State Public Security Bureau is incorporated into the Branch Library System of the State Library to achieve the sharing of high-quality resources such as technology, content and services, and more than 4,000 books are filled with the reading world of employees; the Fenghuang County Library continues to expand the service radius, through the rural bookstore and the community library to achieve full coverage of convenient services, through the grass-roots delivery of books, so that the masses can have "zero-distance" contact with books.
At the same time, Xiangxi Prefecture encourages caring enterprises, Xinhua Bookstore, community bookstores and other platforms to actively create "landmark" reading spaces, new reading scenes, warm reading services, and diversified reading bases to enable citizens to share reading spaces and get new reading experiences, while also adding new cultural scenery to the city.
Luxi County "chanting classics, tasting books, gratitude to the party" activity site.
Nowadays, in Xiangxi, public reading spaces such as libraries, urban book bars, and farmhouse bookstores are scattered among them, becoming "cultural granaries" and "spiritual rich mines". Reading has become the most beautiful cultural landscape in western Hunan and has shaped its unique cultural charm. "Xiangxi Shuxiang" brings not only the return of reading, but also the return of people's hearts.
Source| Xiangxi Network
The author | Wu Yizhi
Editor| Yang Shifang
Producer | Chen Hao
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