Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 1 (Xinhua) -- When the spring light is just right to read -- China Publishing Group's "Readers' Open Day" activities
Xinhua News Agency reporter Shi Jingnan
Famous lectures, reading flash mobs, popular science amusements, book market exhibitions...... From April 21st to 30th, in the 2024 "Readers' Open Day" activity of China Publishing Group, a series of famous societies such as "People's Brand", "Zhongzitou" and "Time-honored Brand" opened their doors to welcome readers for 10 consecutive days, inviting readers to share reading and bask in the fragrance of books.
Readers lined up at the entrance of Chung Hwa Book Company.
Early in the morning of April 21, at the entrance of the 112-year-old Chung Hwa Book Company, readers from all over the country lined up.
Walking into the lobby on the first floor, a variety of thematic exhibitions leap into view: from the "Fuxing Library" to the revised version of the "Twenty-four History" of the school...... The emperor's masterpiece and the "mountain of books" carry the glorious history of the Chinese nation and let readers feel the charm of the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The event site also set up interesting interactive experience activities such as engraving printing, "sentence reading" battles, hand-painted fans, and pot throwing games.
"Chung Hwa Book Company accompanies readers who love traditional culture, and through the Readers' Open Day, we hope to build a bridge of communication between books, readers and publishers. In the future, we will continue to open the door to readers, deepen the resonance of reading through face-to-face communication and interaction, and help the whole people read. Yin Tao, editor-in-chief of Zhonghua Book Company, said.
Cultural prosperity, national strength, and national rejuvenation are all inseparable from the cultural accumulation and spiritual strength brought by reading. Advocating in-depth reading is becoming a social consensus and reading fashion.
At the opening ceremony of the "Readers' Open Day" of the Commercial Press, the "Recommended Books for In-depth Reading" was released, and 52 ancient and modern Chinese and foreign classics such as "Selected Poems", "Reader of Chinese Studies", "History of World Civilization" and "How to Read a Book" were listed.
Gu Qing, executive director of the Commercial Press, believes that in order to achieve in-depth reading, it is necessary to promote classic reading, complete reading, problem reading, written reading, and independent reading. As the "kingdom of reference books" and "the center of academic publishing", the Commercial Press is committed to helping readers complete the independent and systematic reading of the whole book, so that in-depth reading can truly become a way of life.
Make friends with books and meet friends with books, and the fragrance of books wafts in the warm spring breeze.
With the theme of "Making Friends with Art", the People's Music Publishing House held a new book release and the first reader sharing meeting of "Black Fingers, Red Flower Petals - Tian Qing Talks about Art". At the event, the melodious music, the Mongolian patriarch tune and the guqin performance made the audience fascinated. The famous musician Tian Qing interpreted the scene and took everyone to feel the beauty of traditional Chinese music and art.
"Every art form is a whisper of time, an echo of history. We are not only appreciating art, but also in dialogue with history and closely connected with the roots of cultural heritage. Tian Qing said that he hopes that readers can get close to art and nourish their souls through reading.
With the theme of "Enjoy Science and Technology, Popularize Science", World Book Publishing Co., Ltd. brought readers two popular science lectures on "Göttingen and Modern Mathematics" and "Psychological Counseling and the Road to Contemporary People's Mental Health", and also held joint exhibitions and promotional activities such as "Taobao" and "Cloud Exhibition" to benefit the majority of readers.
The southernmost tip of the motherland, Yongxing Island, Sansha City. The sea breeze is light, and the fragrance of books is thick.
On April 25, the famous historian Ji Lianhai brought his new book "Ji Lianhai Pin Qing History" to Sansha Phoenix Xinhua Yongxing Bookstore, bringing a book sharing meeting entitled "Opening the Book is Beneficial and Reading the Qing History" to exchange and interact with the officers and soldiers stationed on the island.
Ji Lianhai, a well-known historian, shared and exchanged views with the officers and soldiers stationed on the island.
Qiao Xianbiao, president of the Modern Publishing House, said that to deepen the nationwide reading activities, it is necessary to promote the work of reading for the whole people in enterprises, rural areas, government organs, campuses, communities, military camps, and the Internet, and vigorously carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture through the promotion of reading.
The most important thing is that the fragrance of books can go far. For children, happy reading goes hand in hand with healthy growth.
The theme of the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House's Readers' Open Day is "Approaching Encyclopedia, Exploring History and Future", inviting young readers to walk through the door and experience the joy of reading.
Young readers walked into the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House to participate in the readers' open day activities.
Under the guidance of the narrator, young readers will walk into the depths of time and space along the Encyclopedia Museum to explore the mysteries of the encyclopedia, learn about the profound heritage of Beijing in the lecture on "Cultural Heritage Grand Canal and Beijing", and immerse themselves in the profound history and culture in the digital image exhibition "China Through Time and Space: The Grand Canal" and "China Through Time and Space: The Great Wall......
Meet good books and live up to the spring. A series of wonderful readers' open day activities have created a strong atmosphere of "loving reading, reading good books, and being good at reading", so that the fragrance of books can float into the hearts of the majority of readers.