The grass is in full bloom in April in the world, and it is the time for youth to read. A book is a world, a reading is a spiritual journey, let us immerse ourselves in the sea of books, feel the power of words, and taste the sweetness of knowledge......
On April 20, under the guidance of the Laoshan Scenic Area Administration and the Propaganda Department of the Laoshan District Party Committee, sponsored by the Laoshan District Culture and Tourism Bureau and the Liuqing Management Service Center of the Laoshan Scenic Area Administration, undertaken by the Laoshan District Library and Owl Library, and co-organized by Jinjialing Street, Zhonghan Street, Shazikou Street, Wanggezhuang Street and Beizhai Street, the launching ceremony of the 2024 "Qilu Book Festival - Laoshan National Reading Month" and the 4th "Reading Marathon" in Laoshan District The challenge was officially launched at the Laoshan (Dahedong) Tourist Service Center and Laoshan Cultural Exhibition Center!
More than 30 contestants read through "Challenging the Ancients in 100 Days 3 - Moving to the Southern Song Dynasty" within 3 hours and answered the questions online. After fierce competition, Wang Xiaohai won the first prize, Gao Qi and Yu Yi won the second prize, and Wang Naidi, Tang Kun and Lu Na won the third prize.
With the theme of "Reading Changes the Future, Books Infiltrate Laoshan", this event set up multiple sub-venues in a combination of online and offline ways to serve participants of all ages, meet diversified reading needs, and make reading a common practice for the whole people.
When reading meets a marathon, it is a challenge of endurance and perseverance, a challenge of concentration and memory, and a challenge of "books" and "you". This year's Reading Marathon Challenge was full of highlights, not only adding challenges for the preschool group and primary school group at the branch venues, but also adding a link to light up the tree of wisdom and illuminate a bright future.
This year's challenge has attracted the attention of many book lovers and knowledge seekers. During the event, in order to inspire the confidence of the participants, the organizer specially invited Shang Jiaqi, the second winner, to share his experience and insights on the competition: "Books have become an important way for me to seek outward and inward, and reading has penetrated into my life and become an indispensable part. Participate in a reading marathon, learn about yourself and overcome yourself in the process, and enjoy the joy and confidence that reading brings you. ”
△ First Prize
△Second Prize
From "advocating reading for all", "vigorously promoting reading for all", "in-depth promotion of reading for all" to "deepening reading activities for all", "reading for all" has been written into the government work report for 11 consecutive years. Laoshan District has thoroughly implemented the national, provincial and municipal deployment, taking national reading as an effective way to improve the cultural quality of citizens and enhance the spiritual strength of the people, vigorously carrying out various forms of national reading activities, and the bookish atmosphere is becoming increasingly strong, and "loving reading, reading good books, and being good at reading" is being integrated into the daily life of Laoshan people.
The Reading Marathon Challenge is a powerful measure to guide readers to return to the traditional reading mode and further promote reading for all. Laoshan District will take this activity as a starting point to further improve the quality and efficiency of the activity, protect the rights and interests of reading, and cultivate reading fashion, so as to promote the multi-level and systematic transformation of the national reading work, and transform the construction of "scholarly Laoshan" and "cultural Laoshan" into new achievements in the practice of Chinese-style modernization in Laoshan.