People's Daily Online, Beijing, April 4 (Reporter Chi Mengrui) In April, the spring is bright. In this spring season, the Dongcheng District cultural market of "old books, new knowledge of the rhyme of bells and drums" opened in Beijing Bell and Drum Tower Square.

Beijing Bell and Drum Tower, located at the northernmost end of Beijing's central axis, is the time center of the capital cities of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has witnessed the development and changes of this ancient city, connecting modern civilization and ancient history. Ancient books, as the precious carrier of the outstanding traditional culture of the Chinese nation, are also rare cultural treasures.

Dongcheng District's cultural market of "old books, new knowledge, bell and drum rhyme" was unveiled. Photographed by Chi Mengrui, a reporter of People's Daily Online

The first "Old Books, New Knowledge of the Rhythm of Bell and Drum Calligraphy" cultural fair, themed "Reading the Spring", gathered rare old books and masterpieces from Chinese and foreign literary classics. From April 4 to April 6, it lasted for three days, and invited China Bookstore Qianmen Branch, Dengshikou Branch, Yanjilou Branch, Xinjiekou Branch and Xinhua Bookstore to set up dozens of stalls as the treasure book store and other bookstores. Through a series of carefully planned activities, such as the purchase and sale of ancient books, boutique exhibitions, reader exchanges and exchanges, as well as ancient book restoration experience, it further promoted the widespread dissemination and popularization of ancient book knowledge.

The cultural and creative products of the folding fan series of "Pieces and Feathers Preserve the Truth" and "Royal Fan and Face the Wind" independently developed by China Bookstore were unveiled. "Pieces and Feathers Preserving the Truth" combines the fragments of ancient books with modern fashion elements. With the help of traditional ancient book restoration techniques, it introduces a series of products that can be decorated, displayed and played, realizing the combination of traditional ancient book specimens and modern art decoration functions. In the folding fan series of "Royal Fan in the Wind", the characters used in the fan are directly copied from the Imperial Mongolian Wenhui Book printed by the imperial government during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. The words and characters with classical charm and popular interest are selected to preserve and present the formal, cautious, elegant and beautiful font style of the imperial book printing in the Qing Dynasty. In addition, the site also provides readers with experience activities such as book exchange, wood block printing, and identification and purchase services of ancient books, which can better meet the needs of citizens and readers, shorten the distance between readers and ancient Chinese books, and appreciate the breadth and depth of traditional ancient book culture.

In recent years, Dongcheng District has continued to conserve the scholarly ecology, constantly constructed new reading scenes, cultivated new scholarly ecology, and consolidated new cultural advantages. The construction of physical bookstores has handed over a brilliant answer. The number of bookstores in the district has exceeded 190, and five scholarly visiting routes have closely organized reading networks. The number of physical bookstores owned by 10000 people ranks first in the city, becoming the highest density of bookstores The most scholarly area.

In the next step, Dongcheng District will make the brand of "old books and new knowledge" better and stronger, help the high-quality development of the bookstore industry, create a good atmosphere of reading in Dongcheng District and the whole district, and create a famous city of reading.

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