Students are reading in the train bookstore on the 5610 train from Xiushan to Chongqing North. (This newspaper’s file photo) Photo by reporter Wan Nan/Visual Chongqing
On April 22, citizens read in the 24-hour urban smart study room in Renhe Street, Liangjiang New District.Photo by reporter Li Yuheng/Visual Chongqing
Chongqing, filled with the fragrance of books, is full of encounters between people and books, and also contains the most beautiful scenery of the city. Reading makes life better; the smell of books makes Chongqing more beautiful. Every April, National Reading Month in Chongqing comes as scheduled. On the eve of World Book Day on April 23 this year, the seven awards of the 2023 “Bookish Chongqing” national reading series recommendation event were announced.
These vivid cases, characters, and units make “Scholarly Chongqing” even more fragrant. We selected a typical representative from each of the seven major awards, and clocked in continuously from Monday to Sunday. Every day was bookish and every day was a beautiful scenery.
on Monday
Innovation to reshape the image of traditional bookstores
Top Ten Most Beautiful Bookstores—Shapingba Bookstore
On Monday, April 15th, Zhou Yue, the anchor of Shapingba Bookstore in Chongqing, came to the anchor position in the literature area again. “A new week has begun. Dear friends, read hard every day!” with a hearty smile. , she started a day full of energy.
Zhou Yue is a member of the online operations team of Shapingba Bookstore. This four-person team with an average age of 28 is responsible for the marketing planning, order sending and receiving, pre-sales and after-sales, and live streaming of the bookstore’s online sales channels. “For live broadcast team members, we mainly consider aspects such as responsibility, professional ability, learning ability, and whether they love reading.” Li Jianxun, manager of Shapingba Bookstore, said that previously, Chongqing Xinhua Bookstore Group Company organized special off-the-job learning and online concentration Training, special learning live broadcast and short video marketing.
As one of the “most beautiful bookstores” in the country selected by the Second National Reading Conference, Shapingba Bookstore was selected as one of the top ten most beautiful bookstores in Chongqing. Integrated development is an important part of its “most beautiful”. “In the traditional concept, Xinhua Bookstore sells books. We hope to reshape its image through innovation.” Li Jianxun said that Shapingba Bookstore was renovated and opened on August 29, 2015. It is the group’s first experiential store. With teenagers and families as its main target customers, the bookstore has designed its space and activities, transformed into a diversified, humane, and intelligent experiential bookstore, and has become one of Chongqing’s well-known cultural landmarks.
Tuesday
Take the green leather train to check in and enjoy the bookishness all the way
The most beautiful reading space – Train Bookstore
On the morning of Tuesday, April 16, in Car No. 3 of train 5609/5610, several students from Xiushan Yucai Middle School were sitting by the window, flipping through books.
Train 5609/5610 is a public welfare “slow train” between Chongqing North Railway Station and Xiushan Station. It passes through Wujiang Gallery and Wuling Mountain District and stops at Youyang, Pengshui, Wulong and other stations. In addition to serving the daily travel of people along the line In addition to demand, students along the route are its main service group. Car No. 3, whose body is painted with the “Yuyue Journey” icon, hangs a plaque saying “Chongqing Library Train Bookstore”. Bookshelves, tables and chairs are arranged on both sides of the car. The windows are bright and clean, and the smell of books fills the air. The students sitting by the window were holding the book and reading. The scenery of Wujiang Gallery slowly unfolded outside the window. The scenery in the book and the natural scenery contrasted with each other. A sense of happiness embracing poetry and the distance arose spontaneously.
“On the eve of World Book Day in 2023, the ‘Chongqing Library Train Bookstore’ was officially unveiled. This is an extension of the library’s public cultural services in the cultural and tourism field.” said Xu Yaoyao, director of the Chongqing Library Resource Promotion Center. Today, the Train Bookstore, selected as the most beautiful reading space in Chongqing, provides thousands of books for readers to read for free, including humanities, history, tourism, technology and other categories. In view of the fact that there are many middle school students in the tourists, the bookstore is also specially equipped with books suitable for middle school students. Read classics, popular science books, etc.
Wednesday
The power of role models drives rural reading
Top Ten Scholarly Communities (Rural) – Milan Village, Longfeng Town, Hechuan District
On Wednesday, April 17, Shouyi Library opened early in Milan Village, Longfeng Town, Hechuan District. The owner, Wang Zhilun, boils water, makes tea, and sweeps as usual. Everything is in order, just like every morning in the past 20 years.
Wang Zhilun, who is seventy years old, looks much younger than his peers in the village. He thinks quickly, speaks and walks with ease, and the so-called old age in his seventies is completely invisible in him. “Thanks to reading, reading makes people young, I believe it!” He chuckled and spoke cheerfully.
Like Wang Zhilun’s simple and steady temperament, the aura of Shouyi’s library is as thick and simple as loess soil: simple white walls, with several rows of simple bookshelves placed against the walls, and the bookshelves are filled with newspapers, periodicals and books , neatly arranged, most of them look old, and the yellowed pages silently bear witness to the years that this rural library has passed. In the past 22 years, Shouyi Library has received more than 30,000 people, lighting up the road to reading in rural areas.
Wang Zhilun and Shouyi’s library is the epitome of the scholarly construction of Milan Village. In recent years, the village has actively promoted the construction of “Reading+” to create a strong atmosphere for universal reading. Milan Village and Longfeng Town Central Primary School brought “Reading+” into the campus and carried out reading and sharing activities with the theme of “Thanks to parents, teachers, and classmates”. Volunteers from the “Reading+” Civilized Practice Center went into the farmhouse bookstore in Milan Village and held a reading sharing session called “Returning College Students Entering the Farmhouse Bookstore”. The ubiquitous “reading +” not only broadens the villagers’ horizons, but also enriches their hearts.
Thursday
He taught “The Analects” to the community
Top Ten National Reading Lamplighters——Dong Weiguo
On April 11, another Thursday, Dong Weiguo, dean of the Philosophy Department of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, came to the Fumin Community Library in Tushan Town, Nan’an District, as scheduled after get off work. At 7 o’clock that night, the 55th Fumin Community “The Analects” reading meeting was held here. Dong Weiguo is the convener and instructor of the reading club, and the lectures are given by his students and community residents.
The scene was quite ceremonial. Before the reading meeting began, Dong Weiguo led students and residents to bow three times to the statue of Confucius, and then everyone remained silent for five minutes to calm down physically and mentally. Afterwards, the host led all the members to recite the “The Analects of Confucius: Li Ren” that they had studied that day.
Dong Weiguo said with a smile that the fundamental purpose of reading classics is to understand the principles of the classics, cultivate your temperament, and change your habits. Therefore, you must be calm before reading, and it is very necessary to start the whole process with silence. Reciting classics is also a process of cultivating righteousness. It is necessary to “see with the eyes, recite with the mouth, and know with the heart” at the same time, so as to better understand the classics. When concluding the seminar, Dong Weiguo reminded everyone that when reading classics, we should not only rely on the annotations of the ancients, but also combine the reality of contemporary life and personal experience, and combine the study of classics with physical and mental experience and life reflection. Only in this way can reading classics activate the classics. vitality.
Dong Weiguo has long been committed to the academic research and social dissemination of China’s excellent traditional culture. At Southwest University of Political Science and Law, the Fu Jen Reading Club he organized has lasted for more than ten years and influenced a large number of students. Starting in the spring of 2023, he was invited by the Party branch of Fumin Community and began to go into the community to hold regular “The Analects” reading groups. He hopes that through his own efforts, the classics will be better spread inside and outside campus, so that more people can gain from the classics. .
Friday
Party newspapers play a responsible role in promoting reading among all people
Top Ten National Reading Promotion Demonstration Units—Chongqing Daily
“Every Friday, I look forward to Chongqing Daily. Because on this day, it will publish a special section entitled “Appreciating 100 Good Books Together”, which saves me a lot of energy in choosing good books.” Recently, I heard that Chongqing Daily After being named one of the top ten national reading promotion demonstration units, reader Zhang Guoxiang happily told reporters.
As the official newspaper of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chongqing Daily was founded in 1952. For more than 70 years, Chongqing Daily has adhered to its role as a party newspaper, paid attention to urban development, and has been committed to promoting excellent traditional culture and national reading. On March 26, 2020, the “Hundred Good Books for You to Read” campaign guided by the Propaganda Department of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China was launched. The Chongqing Daily “Appreciating Hundreds of Good Books” special edition came into being, innovatively creating free e-books and audiobooks. Books and other reading methods are used. At the end of each month, 10 single editions of good books are released, which are jointly disseminated through many integrated media centers, bookstores, libraries, etc. in the city, with more than 35 million effective online readers each time. In the past four years, more than 200 special pages and more than 500 professional book reviews have been published, effectively promoting the construction of “Bookish Chongqing”.
In addition, Chongqing Daily also cooperated with the Chongqing Writers Association and Chongqing Xinhua Bookstore Group to create the “Chongqing Literature Open Class”, which became a Chongqing literary brand activity. In April this year, “Appreciating 100 Good Books Together” was rated as one of the “Excellent Cases of Newspaper Media Helping National Reading” across the country. Chongqing Daily plans and organizes many reading activities through rich reading promotion activities and cultural reports, making positive contributions to the cultural construction of Chongqing. Today, the special edition of “Appreciating Hundreds of Good Books” has become the benchmark for high-quality reading in our city.
Saturday
Reading good books together with parents and children
Top Ten Chongqing Edition Chongqing Books – “China’s World Heritage Drawing for Children”
On Saturday, April 20, citizen Wang Xiaoxiao took her children to the Bayu Book Market in Jiefangbei. “I saw the news two days ago that more than 60% of teenagers in Chongqing said that their parents do not accompany them in reading together. Experts advocate that family companion reading should be a key task in promoting teenagers’ reading. I think we should make up for it.” Wang Xiaoxiao said.
At this year’s Bayu Book Fair, you can enjoy a 25% discount on about 100,000 books. How to choose among the vast sea of books? Wang Xiaoxiao was obviously well prepared. She made a long list of books, including “China’s World Heritage Drawings for Children” published by Chongqing Publishing Group. Why did you choose this one? “Because it was selected into the top ten Chongqing-edited Chongqing books, I also checked the reviews from online book friends, and they were very good,” she said.
In her opinion, this is a good book that is both interesting and informative. What’s interesting? The book uses fully hand-drawn illustrations to show China’s 56 world heritage sites, highlighting the charm of Chinese culture and its beautiful appearance. Wang Xiaoxiao said: “Each heritage in the book is marked according to the officially recognized type, and rich knowledge points such as the humanities and art, natural geography, and construction characteristics of the heritage are illustrated. For every child, reading this book The book is a rich and interesting journey into Chinese history and culture. For us parents, it is like following our children on a parent-child journey.”
Sunday
Lighting up rural children’s reading dreams
National Reading Promotion Activities – Countryside Helping Mountains and Wilderness·Reading Plan
On Sunday, April 21, Xie Yun and his colleagues were busy in the 2024 Bayu Book Market’s “Countryside Helping Mountains and Wilderness·Reading Project” exhibition area.
“Over the two days over the weekend, we received many citizens, including adults and children, who donated books. We were touched by their kindness.”
The “Countryside Helping Mountains and Wilderness·Reading Plan” is a public welfare project planned and launched by the Chongqing Luhai International Communication Charity Foundation in 2021. In the Chongqing Daily’s 2022 public welfare selection event, this project was selected as the “Top Ten Public Welfare Projects in 2022”. Xie Yun is the project director of the foundation. According to him, the project has established 30 “rural assistance reading centers” in communities, villages, and residential compounds in 17 key rural revitalization assistance towns in the city, empowering 26 local social organizations and key teams of villagers to improve reading activities With its service capabilities, it has supported nearly 2,000 diversified reading-themed service activities such as Backpack Library, Baba Cinema, Natural Farming Reading Classroom and Happy Image Project.
“We hope that this event can arouse more people’s attention to rural children’s reading.” Xie Yun said that in addition to the Bayu Book Market, the “Rural Helping the Mountains·Reading Plan” charity donation activity of idle books for families will also be held in shopping malls, schools, Book donation points have been set up in communities and other public places. “When the books accumulate to a certain amount, we will use the weekends to send books to the countryside to serve rural reading and continue to contribute to lighting up the reading dreams of rural children.” (Reporter Nie Jing Zhao Xin)
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