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Hualong Network News (Reporter Qin Sisi) On April 20, the ancient book illustration appreciation activity of "Illustrating the Thousand Autumns and Passing on the Literature for Eternity" was held in the Central Library of Southwest University. 12 precious ancient books, including the Ming Wanli engraved book "The Peony Pavilion Returns the Soul", the Qing Dynasty Qianlong engraved the Ming Wanli book "Emperor Jian Illustrated Story", the Qing Dynasty Guangxu 20th Year Sleeve Haishanfang Book Co., Ltd. lithograph "Xiajiang Illustrated Examination", and the Qing Dao lithography book "Iron Model Diagram" and "Artillery Diagram" were exhibited to the public for the first time.
On-site display of ancient books. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Qin Sisi
On-site display of ancient books. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Qin Sisi
At the scene, the teachers of the Special Collections Department of the library wore Hanfu and led the teachers and students to visit the ancient book library, explained the ancient books on display for the teachers and students, introduced the basic knowledge of ancient books, appreciated the ancient book equipment, and felt the preservation environment of ancient books. Some of these ancient books are hundreds of years old, with yellowed paper and mottled ink, but the illustrations are still clearly visible, which shows the craftsmanship of their production. Every ancient book is an encyclopedia of history, and every illustration is a vivid historical story.
On-site display of ancient books. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Qin Sisi
On-site display of ancient books. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Qin Sisi
Zhang Huiling, director of the Special Collections Department of the Library of Southwest University, introduced that the ancient book exhibition has been held for three consecutive years, and the ancient book illustration appreciation activity opens the visual, auditory and tactile feast for readers in the form of on-site visits and document exhibitions, showing the beauty of ancient books from all angles in all aspects, and publicizing and promoting excellent traditional culture.
The scene of the event. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Qin Sisi
This year, the Special Collections Department of the Library of Southwest University has selected 12 illustrated ancient books in various forms with national census registration numbers, taking into account the difficulties that non-professionals and young students may have difficulties in reading traditional ancient books (such as traditional Chinese characters, vertical layout, and no punctuation marks).
Among them, it contains a number of ancient popular science books, such as the earliest complete waterway atlas in the Three Gorges area, "Gorge River Atlas", and the largest silkworm book in ancient China, "Sericulture Extraction", etc. It is worth mentioning that the Ming Wanli book "Emperor Jian Illustrated Narrative" engraved by Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, as a textbook for the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, is also one of the highlights of this exhibition.
The scene of the event. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Qin Sisi
Zhang Huiling explained that after the national census of ancient books, ancient books with census registration numbers are like people with ID cards. And the ancient books that can be included in the "National Rare Ancient Books List" are like celebrities.
The scene of the event. Photo by Hualong Net reporter Qin Sisi
It is understood that the library of Southwest University is the only university unit in Chongqing among the national key protection units of ancient books, and the other three are Beibei Library, Chongqing Library and Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum. "There are certain criteria for becoming a national key protection unit for ancient books, such as requiring a collection of more than 100,000 ancient books and meeting other requirements. Zhang Huiling introduced that ancient books, as the carrier of traditional Chinese culture, recorded thousands of years of social development, covering culture, politics, economy and other aspects. She said that in the future, she will take the open day of ancient books as an opportunity to show the beauty of ancient books to readers in an all-round way, inherit excellent traditional culture, and show the cultural self-confidence of the Chinese nation.