As an important carrier of inheriting Chinese civilization, ancient books embody the profound wisdom of the Chinese nation and are the spiritual cornerstone and spiritual sustenance for the survival and development of the country and the nation. Promoting the protection and inheritance of ancient books can not only preserve historical memory and continue the Chinese cultural context, but also make the essence of ancient books available for today's use, which is of great significance for strengthening cultural self-confidence and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Over the years, the protection of ancient books in China has continued to be carried out with fruitful results: relying on 12 "national ancient book restoration centers", the total number of ancient books restored has exceeded 3.85 million leaves; The ancient book restoration skills of the National Library, Tianjin Library, Ningbo Tianyi Pavilion Museum and other institutions have been selected into the list of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects; The "Chinese Ancient Books Resource Library" platform built by the National Library of China has released more than 10 digital resources of ancient books and special collections30,000 pieces (pieces), to achieve login-free reading, and unite 39 ancient book collection units** to open and share more than 2 digital resources of ancient books80,000 pieces (pieces), which greatly meets the public's demand for the use of ancient book resources.
Shengshi Xiuwen. At Peking University, scholars who have just completed the "Essence Edition" of the "Confucian Collection" project and published the Chinese part of the compilation and publication have begun a new stage of their work. At Shandong University, members of the "Global Chinese Nationality Fusion Project" team are in contact with each other to bring ancient books home. In the Sanxitang Thread Decoration Cultural Park in Jing County, Anhui Province, workers are busy on the production line of ancient book reprinting; At the Shanxi Provincial Library, Liu Jianming, an expert in ancient book restoration from the National Library, was explaining ancient book restoration skills to the students of the first ancient book restoration training course in the province. In the Inner Mongolia Library, the staff is digitizing the ancient books in the library...
Through restoration, republication and digitization, ancient books have been given a new lease of life in the new era.