Helping to select used books and make new moves in many Chinese bookstores

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-31

During the New Year's Day of 2024, China Bookstore will hold a series of cultural activities called "Old Books and New Knowledge", covering different forms such as book exhibitions, special exhibitions, online live broadcasts, and cultural lectures, inviting readers to experience wonderful activities together.

In order to prosper the used book market in Beijing, create a cultural atmosphere in the city, and promote the construction of a scholarly Beijing, China Bookstore, together with Beijing Book Building and Wangfujing Bookstore, has set up a "Used Book Zone" to provide readers with used book selection and shopping services. At the same time, the used books brought by readers and friends can be exchanged for book coupons and purchased on-site used books or new books in the store after being evaluated by on-site professional buyers in the "Used Books Zone".

Each store can "exchange books for books".

During the New Year's Day holiday, the operating departments of Chinese bookstores set up a "book for book" business to provide readers with high-quality and professional consulting services and acquisition services such as collection and purchase of old books. Readers and friends can not only bring the book to the store, but also make an appointment for door-to-door purchase. At the same time, the books brought by readers and friends can also participate in the exchange activities, and after being evaluated by the store's professional acquisition personnel**, they can be deducted for any goods in the store.

During the event, China Bookstore and Beijing Book Building, Wangfujing Bookstore and Asian Games Village Book Building jointly carried out high-quality used book exhibition and sales activities. Among them, the used books section of Beijing Book Building is dominated by Chinese and foreign famous old books, covering the "Four Great Masterpieces" published by the People's Literature Publishing House in the 80s of the 20th century, as well as foreign literary works such as "Human Comedy" and "War and Peace".The used book section of Wangfujing Bookstore has prepared a wide variety of used books with high quality, covering more than 100 kinds of nearly 1,000 books in traditional culture series, classical literature series, foreign masterpiece series, and children's picture book seriesMore than 1,000 volumes of literature, history, biographies and old calligraphy will be displayed in the Asian Games Village Book Building for readers to browse and purchase.

Liulichang store experience "ancient book restoration".

In addition, China Bookstore Liulichang Store will also hold an experience activity of "Bringing a Page of Ancient Books Home" from 14:00 to 16:30 on January 1, 2024, where readers can experience the joy of hand-made restoration and feel the beauty of ancient books at zero distance. At the event, the ancient book restorers will lead the children to experience the process of ancient book restoration, and feel the depth of book history and the charm of culture.

China Bookstore Ancient Books will hold an exhibition and sale of "Exemplary Classics" inscription books, covering the series of "Classics of Famous Inscriptions of Past Dynasties" by China Bookstore Publishing House, "Famous Chinese Inscriptions" series by Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House, and "The Essence of Chinese Inscriptions" series by Zhonghua Book Publishing House.

The Dengshikou store of the China Bookstore held an exhibition and sale of old books and editions, such as "The Selling of Books and Puppets" (Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1982 edition), "Examination of Women's Writings in the Past Dynasties" (Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1985 edition), "Examination of Yandu Ancient Books" (Jinghua Publishing House, 1995), and "History of Chinese Ancient Books Printing" (Printing Industry Press, 1988) and other more than 100 kinds of ancient books and old books and editions of books, which provide rich reference materials for friends who are interested in understanding the book editions and development characteristics of various historical periods.

The two stores held *** exhibitions.

The Zhongguancun store of China Bookstore held the "Warm Winter Nostalgia" exhibition and sales activity, providing more than 100 kinds of old *** to bring readers and friends into the wonderful world in the palm of their hands again. For example, "Tears of the Snow Mountain" (published in 1982) tells the story of the industrious and brave ** serfs who rose up under the leadership of the party, opposed serfdom, and turned over to become masters. This edition is a Tibetan text, and the stock is scarce. Although the Taiping Rebellion failed in 1868, the Chinese peasants and other oppressed classes fought against their internal and external enemies to lift the shackles of feudalism and imperialism from their bodies. This *** is the old version of the color *** It is not easy to preserve.

China Bookstore Qianmen Bookstore held the "Classic New Printing*** Exhibition, including award-winning works by Liu Jidian and Wang Shuhui, such as "Monkey King Three Fights White Bone Spirit", "The Legend of the West Chamber", etc., as well as classic movies published by China Film Publishing House, such as "Blessing" and "Lin Family Shop" and other classic works. In addition, Shanghai Renmei Publishing House, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, ** Publishing House and other "old" publishing houses published the old version of the new works of famous artists. Reporter Zhang Enjie.

*: Beijing Youth Daily.

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