Protect ancient books and continue the context

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-30

This article**: People's Daily Online.

Photo report by reporter Chen Bin.

National Library, staff repairing broken ancient book leaves.

At the first International Intangible Cultural Heritage Week in Beijing, the staff of Tianjin Library is demonstrating the national intangible cultural heritage project - framing and restoration skills (Tianjin ancient book restoration skills).

At the Capital Library, the staff is cleaning and deacidifying the leaves of ancient books.

At the Shanxi Provincial Library, Liu Jianming (second from right), an expert in ancient book restoration from the National Library, explains the techniques of ancient book restoration to the trainees of the first ancient book restoration training course in Shanxi Provincial Library.

At the National Library of China, the audience stopped at the "Protecting Treasures with One Heart and Gathering Strength to Continue the Chapter - 'ByteDance Ancient Books Protection Special Achievement**' Achievement Exhibition".

The National Editions Pavilion** General Library, the staff is counting the original large ** photocopy of the "Siku Quanshu".

In the library of Beijing Normal University, staff are digitizing ancient books.

The National Version Pavilion ** Main Hall, the staff inspects the engraving warehouse.

In the Sanxitang Thread Decoration Cultural Park in Jing County, Anhui Province, workers are busy on the production line of the original large photocopy of the Zaotang book "The Complete Book of the Four Libraries of the King James Dynasty".

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 restoration skills of ancient books from the National Library, Tianjin Library, Ningbo Tianyi Pavilion Museum and other institutions have been selected into the list of national intangible cultural heritage representative projectsThe "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 compilation and publication of the "Essence Edition" of the "Confucian Collection" project in China have begun a new stage of their workAt Shandong University, members of the "Global Chinese Nationality Project" team are in contact with each other to get 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;In the Shanxi Provincial Library, Liu Jianming, an expert in ancient book restoration from the National Library, is explaining ancient book restoration skills to the students of the first ancient book restoration training course in the provinceAt the Inner Mongolia Library, staff are digitizing the collection of ancient books ......

Through restoration, republication and digitization, ancient books have been given a new lease of life in the new era.

People** December 20, 2023 09 edition).

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