"Build a scholarly society and share modern civilization". On April 25, the three-day 3rd National Reading Conference was successfully concluded in Kunming. Although this event about reading has ended, reading for all is a journey with no end in sight.
Kunming is a national historical and cultural city, and it is also one of the top ten most culturally influential cities in the country. At the 3rd National Reading Conference, everyone enjoyed a good time of reading in the fragrance of flowers and books on the shore of Dianchi Lake. Kunming will also take this reading conference as an opportunity to continue to polish the brand of "Scholarly Kunming", so that the fragrance of books will fill the whole area of Spring City and moisten thousands of households.
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Kunming in April, blue sky and white clouds, flowers are vibrant, and the fragrance of books is permeated. From April 23rd to 25th, the 3rd National Reading Conference was held in Haigeng Hall. High-quality forum dialogues, creative reading exhibitions and experiential activities, and a high level of attention to reading from all walks of life...... Behind the popularity, it reflects the rich scholarly temperament of Kunming.
Kunming is a thick book, with both historical length and cultural thickness. More than 500 years ago, Yang Shen, the champion of the Ming Dynasty, wrote down "the scenery of the spring city is close to the Lantern Festival", "the weather is often like February and March, and the flowers and branches continue to spring at four o'clock", and the first to give Kunming the elegant name of "Spring City"; In modern times, in the pen of Mr. Wang Zengqi, "the rainy season in Kunming is bright, plump and emotional", and in the memory of Mr. Lao She, the Green Lake is "so beautiful and quiet that people seem to be reluctant to make a sound". In the flames of resistance against Japan, the teachers and students of Southwest Associated University traveled to the southwest, and scholars and masters gathered in Kunming, so that Kunming was infiltrated with the fragrance of books and inherited the cultural context.
The Green Lake is beautiful and tranquil, like an oil painting.
Entering a new era, Kunming, as the host of the 3rd National Reading Conference, once again ushered in a cultural highlight moment. Famous writers, well-known scholars and cultural celebrities from all over the country gathered here to go to the book appointment and "happy" to see the beauty of spring. Reading and Urban Development, Reading and National Unity, Reading and Libraries, Reading and Ecological Civilization, Youth Reading...... Guests from all walks of life collided with sparks of wisdom and conducted ideological dialogues under the common topic of reading, fully demonstrating the charm of reading, stimulating the public's enthusiasm for reading, and further cultivating the social trend of loving reading, reading good books, and being good at reading.
Stepping on the Haigeng Dam, the red-headed gull, an "old friend" of the Kunming people, has just flown back to distant Siberia. In this place where the vivid story of "harmony between humans and gulls" has continued for 39 years, the reading stories about Spring City have been staged one after another. This year's reading conference, Haigeng Dam opened a ten-mile book corridor, Spring City Book Market, the scene can not only read, buy books, but also large art installation check-in points, along the way, the fragrance of books, flowers, tea, coffee overflowing, this is the unique charm of Spring City, in the leisure time in the south of Caiyun, everyone slows down to listen to the inner voice, feel the benefits of opening the book, and close the book.
A ten-mile scholarly corridor was opened on the Haigeng Dam.
Reading is an important way to acquire knowledge and increase wisdom, and an important way to inherit civilization and improve the quality of the people. Since 2014, "National Reading" has been written into the State Council's government work report for 11 consecutive years, from "advocating national reading", to "vigorously promoting national reading", "in-depth promotion of national reading", and then to "deepening national reading activities".
Concentrate on displaying the results of national reading work, and release the results of the national "Most Beautiful Bookstore of the Year", "Top Ten Copyright Holders", and the National National Reading Survey...... In addition to a series of wonderful forums and reading activities, this year's reading conference also summarized the national reading work in the past year, commended a number of advanced individuals, collectives and units in the industry, and worked with all walks of life to create a social atmosphere of "everyone reads, every family reads, and reads all the time".
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On the evening of April 23, Kang Hui and Zhu Xun, hosts of China Central Radio and Television, appeared in Kunming to host the reading ceremony of the 3rd National Reading Conference "Spring Breeze - Colorful Cloud Pursuit", allowing the audience to have a glimpse of the style of "CCTV hosting the heavenly group", which exploded many people's circle of friends for a while.
The reading ceremony was co-hosted by Kang Hui and Zhu Xun, hosts of China Central Radio and Television, and Wang Linghui, host of Yunnan Radio and Television News Network.
In fact, long before the reading ceremony, Zhu Xun came to the streets of Kunming to check in jacaranda and posted videos on multiple social platforms. In the video, Zhu Xun was wearing a T-shirt of the same color as the jacaranda, holding the jacaranda petals and saying: "Walking on the streets of Kunming, I was drunk and slightly drunk by this little blue flower." She invited everyone to enter the world of books in the fragrance of flowers in Kunming, which made the popularity of the jacaranda flower viewing tour in Kunming rise again.
As the sun sets, on the hydrophilic platform of the Haigeng Dam on the bank of Dianchi Lake, a glass house that is transparent on all sides flashes with charming brilliance in the afterglow of the setting sun. As an important part of this year's National Reading Conference, the "Ten Mile Book Corridor" financial media interview room was opened simultaneously, which is the first time that an outdoor financial media interview room has been set up since the National Reading Conference was held.
In the financial media interview room, guests from all walks of life across the country jointly exchanged and discussed the topic of national reading, and opened a cultural interview in Kunming. The design of the interview room is very distinctive, and the transparent glass allows a panoramic view of the surrounding environment, the sleeping beauty of the West Mountain, the shadows of the sails, and the turquoise lake waves. Through the live video screen, the audience can fully enjoy the magnificent scenery of Dianchi Lake and feel the beauty of reading.
For the first time since the National Reading Conference was held, an outdoor media interview room was set up.
"Kunming is really beautiful!" As a guest in the financial media interview room, Sister Ju Ping, the host of China Central Radio and Television Station and a rural reading promoter, did not hesitate to praise Kunming. "It's so beautiful, like a place with stars to dream. "Reading under the Dianchi Lake in the West Mountain is very meaningful. In the interview room, Liu Xiaobo, Nie Zhenning, Zhang Qingguo, Banxia, Tang Ping, Nanqu Culture and other scholars, experts, educators, and online reading celebrities also gave a thumbs up to such a beautiful live broadcast environment.
In the financial media interview, everyone shared their reading experiences, recommended good books and works, and discussed how to continuously extend the urban reading space, so that more people can participate in reading and fall in love with reading, so that the rich fragrance of books can infiltrate the beautiful life of the city.
For the first time since the National Reading Conference was held, an outdoor media interview room was set up.
In the Haigeng Hall, the appearance of many reading celebrities also attracted the attention of countless audiences. On April 23, at the "Scholarly Youth" Youth Reading Forum of the 3rd National Reading Conference, the children's "idol", Wang Kai, the founder of Uncle Kai's storytelling, aroused warm applause and cheers from the readers as soon as he appeared. At the scene, Wang Kai interpreted the growth process and spiritual connotation of Sun Wukong in the classic Chinese literary masterpiece "Journey to the West", and deeply discussed the significance of reading classic masterpieces for personal growth, which benefited the young readers on the scene.
"Yunnan is a blessed land and treasure land for me to brew 'honey'. Gao Hongbo, a well-known children's writer and former vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, took his 10-year military career in Yunnan as an example to encourage young people to take the initiative to start reading. As a new "little Internet celebrity", Zhang Shucheng, the "red scarf explainer" of Xiuchuan Primary School, Qilihe District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, said that he hoped to go to the sea of books with the children of Chuncheng and start a scholarly youth. At the scene, Zhang Shucheng also improvised a speech to promote Kunming at the invitation of the host, and his solid language skills, flexible adaptability and perfect presentation once again gained the love of many young readers.
Fan Deng gave a speech on the theme of "The Answer is in the Book".
In addition, as one of the important activities of this year's National Reading Conference, the "National Reading Lecture Hall" held 6 heavyweight lectures for two consecutive days around the themes of reading and cultural hotspots, and the keynote speakers included Fan Deng, Luo Zhenyu and other big coffee book friends, attracting more than 5,000 readers to participate. According to the person in charge of the organizer, the attention of each lecture is very high, and the audience is quickly filled, and many readers also rushed to Kunming from other places to participate in the event. At the lecture, the readers listened attentively, interacted with the speakers cordially from time to time, and often broke out into warm applause when there was a wonderful speech on the stage, and many audience members also took out pens and paper and carefully took notes.
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The conference has ended, and reading is still expected. Let the feast of books become a never-ending scenery in the city, Kunming has the confidence and is working hard to put it into action.
On the eve of the opening of the 3rd National Reading Conference, the 2024 Spring City Cultural Festival "Read the Spring City, Read My Heart" - "4.23 World Book Day and Spring City Reading Day" National Reading Series Activities were launched on April 21, mobilizing 15 public libraries, more than 100 new public cultural spaces and excellent reading resources from all walks of life in the city at the municipal level, and launching more than 140 reading activities with rich themes.
The 2024 Spring City Cultural Festival "Read the Spring City, Read My Heart" - "4.23 World Book Day and Spring City Reading Day" National Reading Series Activities were officially launched in Kunming Confucian Temple.
During this year's reading conference, as a well-known local cultural brand activity, the 12th "Scholarly Kunming" National Reading Series Carnival arrived as scheduled, during which 30 award-winning books of "Scholarly Kunming" were born, and the "Scholarly Kunming" online platform was officially launched, and the "Reading Collection" was also held, so that writers and readers can share the fun of reading and bathe in the light of thought.
In the past three days, the whole Spring City was filled with the fragrance of books, not only official forums, lectures, reading and other activities, but also a series of exhibitions and promotion activities about reading were staged in all corners of the city.
The 3rd National Reading Conference Book Train was opened. Courtesy of China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd
On April 23, the Scholarly Station Shared Reading Check-in Area hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee was officially opened, as an important part of the Scholarly Railway activities, Kunming Station, Kunming South Railway Station, Xishuangbanna Station, and Mohan Station are equipped with the station hall of the station, providing services such as shared reading and free hand-painted commemorative cards, so that every passenger can be accompanied by books on their journey. Engraving printing, Jingpo brocade, De'ang sour tea, Jianshui purple pottery, Zhaotong Jiama...... On April 24, the newsstands in 16 states and cities in Yunnan Province located in Daguan Park were open to the public free of charge, with books and intangible cultural heritage displays with local characteristics of each state and city, bringing a unique cultural "feast" to everyone. On the afternoon of April 25, the first quarter of 2024 "Scholarly Railway, My Favorite Good Books" promotion activity was held at Kunming South Railway Station, and the original program "Splendid Spring City Love "Reading" Appointment" recommended by the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee was unveiled.
In the shared reading area, visitors can receive exclusive hand-drawn commemorative cards for free.
Reading is the background color of the city of Kunming. The Kunming Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government attach great importance to the work of national reading, and have held a series of cultural brand activities of "Scholarly Kunming" for 12 consecutive years, building a reading promotion service system covering urban and rural areas, promoting the prosperity of the whole region and the spiritual wealth of the whole people with the power of reading, and creating a trend of loving reading, reading good books, and being good at reading in the whole society.
Kunming, in the fragrance of books, hides the most beautiful scenery of the city. Reading rooms can be found everywhere, or hidden in the city, or built in quiet alleys, or located in renovated and reborn old factories, or guarded at the door of the community. During the Anti-Japanese War, Mr. Li Gongpu devoted himself to the establishment of the North Gate Book House, which still stands by the Green Lake, witnessing the temperament and spirit of Kunming.
Shubunkan.
Walking in Kunming, the corner is the fragrance of books. At present, Kunming has created 303 "small but beautiful, tonal, multi-format, chic and elegant" most beautiful reading spaces and new cultural spaces throughout the city. It can be the lights of the 24-hour urban study room, a storytelling boat on the Panlong River, a courtyard theater in a century-old mansion that travels through ancient and modern times, a tea house where professors from Southwest Associated University excite words on the shore of the Green Lake, and a fashionable commercial plaza where the Chinese New Year's Eve symphony concert is played. It can be on the top of the West Mountain, on the bank of Dianchi Lake, in the speeding carriage of the China-Laos Railway, and in the cabin of the aircraft at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
Jade Bookstore.
With the expansion of the most beautiful reading space and the enrichment of scenes, the matching reading themes and reading activities continue to deepen in a real and immersive experience. On April 21, Kunming Library released the "Reading and Enjoying a Life Called Yunnan - Kunming CityWalk Roaming Passport", which focuses on 20 representative new public cultural spaces with distinct themes and outstanding highlights in the city, allowing citizens to enjoy "poetry and distance" at their doorsteps, and allowing tourists to understand this historical and cultural city while strolling through Kunming.
The 3rd National Reading Conference has come to an end, but the enthusiasm and strong spiritual power it inspires will echo in the land of Spring City for a long time. In the future, Kunming will take the opportunity of holding the 3rd National Reading Conference to take the construction of "Scholarly Kunming" as the starting point, continue to promote the national reading work, let the fragrance of books float to every corner of Kunming, make reading a way of life for citizens, let people living in the city fully feel the beauty of reading, knowledge and culture, and contribute to the construction of a scholarly China.
Source: Kunming release