Passengers at Beijing West Railway Station "Fuman Jingcheng Chunhe Shenzhou" Spring Festival-themed book market to browse and buy books and magazines. Photo by reporter Deng Wei.
Reporter Sun Hongyang.
The pace of the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, and the major railway stations have a strong New Year's flavor. On the second basement floor of Beijing West Railway Station, the book market is booming, with nearly 1,000 kinds of books for tourists to buy, books and various children's books that tell the history and culture of Beijing, and have become the most popular "cultural New Year's goods". The best-selling magazines and reading assistance cards distributed for free will make the fragrance of books accompany the Spring Festival.
Dad, these comic book history books are so cute! At the entrance of the book market, a young traveler held his father's hand and flipped through "If History Was a Group of Meows", a quirky kitten, telling the history of different dynasties in a witty and relaxed way. "This set of books is very popular with children, the format is lively, and it is also great for reading on the train. According to the staff, since the opening of the first day of the Spring Festival, children's books have become one of the hottest categories.
The book market also set up a special area of "Bring a Book to the Children in Your Hometown", from Sudoku games, logical thinking games to picture literacy, sticker coloring books, which can meet the reading needs of children of different ages.
Riding in the car for hours, taking the kids to read a book, and playing games on the books can make the journey less boring. A mother is picking out a "dress up book" for her four-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
Many travelers are interested in books that introduce the history and culture of Beijing. Following the direction of the staff's fingers, the reporter saw a number of books with the word "Beijing", including Lin Yutang's "Big City Beijing", "Beijing Three Thousand Years: Looking at the History of Beijing's Founding from Archaeological Discoveries" and "Regaining: Beijing Memories in the 1860-1948 Private Collection".
The reporter learned from the Management Committee of Beijing Key Station District that the book market was undertaken by Beijing Xinhua Bookstore and Wangfujing Bookstore, which are under the Beijing Distribution Group, and was part of the Spring Festival market activities of Beijing West Railway Station, aiming to enrich the cultural supply of the station area, promote the construction of Beijing and promote traditional culture. The event will run until February 8.
The book market has set up five themes: old books and new knowledge, Beijing impression, auspicious dragon imprint, Chinese New Year gift and warm station, and selected nearly 1,000 kinds of books covering different age groups. Bai Guowei, the person in charge of the book market project, introduced that the market also set up a special warm heart station to provide a harbor for tourists to take a short rest, "Here, you can hold a book, read a text, and feel the warmth and cultural atmosphere of Beijing before embarking on the journey home." ”
In addition to books, best-selling magazines that can be picked up for free are also popular with travelers. "China National Geographic", "Finance and Economics", "National Humanities and History", "China News Weekly", "Global People" ......These are my favorite magazines, and they're all new! Mr. Chen, who was dragging his luggage, said in surprise.
In cooperation with a number of well-known newspapers and magazines, we have prepared thousands of best-selling newspapers and periodicals for passengers to provide trial reading and collection services. Cheng Yi, director of the new ** center of the Beijing Municipal Newspaper and Periodical Distribution Bureau of China Post Group, introduced that for passengers who are accustomed to reading online, 20,000 reading assistance cards have also been prepared, and passengers can enter the password to activate the reading card, and they can read more than 200 kinds of electronic journals on the "China Post Reading" APP for free within 40 days. The floor-to-ceiling touch screen arranged on site can also provide touch interactive digital reading experience services.
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