On the bank of Lugou Bridge, in the "Wanping Museum City", which is renovated from Wanping City, which is more than 380 years old, a special cultural activity to benefit the people kicked off...... On May 1, Fengtai District officially launched the "Wanping Old Book Tribe" used book market, launching a batch of high-quality and low-cost old books, with cultural and creative, intangible cultural heritage, ancient books and rare books and other boutique displays, so that the historical context of the ancient city and the rich atmosphere of books reflect each other, providing a platform for the general public to search for books, exchange and share.
The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily learned that this activity will run through the May Day holiday, from May 1 to 5 from 10 o'clock to 18 o'clock every day at No. 74 Wanping City A and the entrance of the Lugou Bridge History Museum, so that the idle books in the hands of the masses can be "lived" and create a strong urban cultural atmosphere.
Taste a wisp of books in the century-old city, let the old books glow with new knowledge
The ancient city integrates the fragrance of books, and old books rejuvenate new knowledge...... At the event, Yang Dongsheng, a bibliophile of antique books, showed and explained to readers the collection of rare books at home and abroad, including ancient books of the Ming Dynasty and Song Dynasty in China, Western cradle books (Western movable type printed periodicals from 1450 to 1500 AD), rare books of Western art with Chinese elements, and unique books, such as the early edition of Shakespeare's Complete Works, and "Global Trophies for Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales" (catalogue), etc...... Further enhance readers' understanding of old books in a wider range and deeper level, stimulate reading interest, and make Wanping Spring full of books.
"We have worked closely with the Fengtai District Library to sort out some of the old books that have been removed from the shelves, as well as the damaged and defective books in the library of the cooperative publishing house that do not affect reading, to benefit the people at a very low price, and the income obtained will be donated to the public welfare fund after deducting transportation and personnel costs. According to Peng Yanshu, the manager of Fengtai Cultural Tourism Group's Yifang Bookstore, in addition to the sale of special books, there are also reading areas, cultural and creative areas, and intangible cultural heritage display and experience areas to better meet the reading needs of the general public and promote the prosperity and development of Beijing's used book market.
Scholarly Fengtai Reading has become a common practice for the whole people
What are the reading scenes in Fengtai? What is the atmosphere of "Scholarly Fengtai"? The opening of "Wanping Old Book Tribe" is a vivid embodiment of the innovative reading scene of "Scholarly Fengtai", in Fengtai, reading has gradually become a new fashion in the lives of more citizens.
In recent years, Fengtai has continued to promote the construction of urban reading spaces and reading service facilities, and gathered more people's love and consensus for reading. By creating the integrated development of "library + reading", Taishe Bookstore, Bohong Bookstore and Yifang Bookstore will be the focus on building and cultivating district-level used book management characteristic stores, providing high-quality services such as recycling, displaying and selling old books, so that residents can enjoy "one-stop" reading services at their doorsteps.
In order to make "10,000 good books" readable at all times and everywhere, starting from December 2023, Fengtai District will launch the "Old Book Drifting Bottle" activity, carrying out a total of 135 activities in 26 new era civilization practice centers and some new era civilization practice bases in the district, exchanging 4,823 books, and participating in tens of thousands of activities. At the same time, during the "4.23 World Book Day" in 2024, Fengtai District will organize more than 80 reading activities, including special sessions for public libraries, towns (communities), and campuses, presenting a bookish atmosphere of active sharing and green reading.
Not long ago, Fengtai District established the first Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei New Reading Service Alliance, linking Baoding City, Hebei Province, and Dongli District, Tianjin City, to jointly try the new linkage model of "mutual recognition of certificates, borrowing and returning books, co-organizing activities, and resource sharing" of public libraries in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. Relying on these cultural carriers, a warm reading ecology has been built, so that the "book fragrance" is becoming more and more intense in Fengtai.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Propaganda Department of the Fengtai District Party Committee, during the May Day holiday, Fengtai District will combine activities such as the 2024 Beijing Chinese National Culture Week, Wanping Used Book Tribe, and Lotus Pond Peony Festival, and widely call on physical bookstores and publishing houses in the district to participate in used book exhibition and sales activities. Used book exchange and sharing activities will continue to be held in Fangzhuang, Lotus Pond, Wanping City, Lugou Bridge, Beijing World Flower Grand View Garden, Shouke Building, Bohong Bookstore, etc.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Pu Changting
Photo courtesy of Fengtai District