To celebrate the 28th World Book Reading Day, the library organized a series of activities with the theme of " To View the Bright World through Brilliant Books ". Based on reading culture, Song dynasty culture, and Haining celebrity culture, serial activities on reading communication, exhibitions, and lectures were carried out through diversified forms, actively encouraging teachers and students on campus to read classics, exchange ideas based on the three-dimensional reading experience, which creates a reading atmosphere within campus.
Keep Reading along the Way
To build a reading bridge, promote resource services, and encourage more readers to fall in love with reading, the library carries out a book fair and reading activities which is jointly participated by teachers and students on campus through a reader-centered method. The "You Select, We Collect" foreign language books fair has received widespread praise with over 1000 recommended books from nearly 200 teachers and students, contributing to the library's collection resource construction. The library mascot creative design contest has received many unique creations from teachers and students, each depicting the image of the international campus library. With the book donation initiative, the library received over 50 books in Chinese and English, each of which will start another reading journey. The popular lecture "English Writing Workshop" has also attracted many students to participate, which aims to improve the English paper writing skills.
Figure 1 Offline Foreign Language Book Fair Site
Figure 2 Booklist Recommendation Site of the Offline Foreign Language Book Fair
Figure 3 The Winning Work in the Library Mascot Creative Design Contest
Figure 4 English Writing Workshop Site
Perceive the Song Dynasty Culture
Zhejiang carries the profound historical heritage of Song dynasty culture. To promote the culture of Song dynasty, the library held the "WeiXue Fair: Song Dynasty Genre Activities — the Exhibition of the Series of Traditional Chinese Paintings”, based on “A Collection of Song Dynasty Paintings" of "The Series of Traditional Chinese Paintings". The exhibition selected 18 representative genre paintings for display to showcase the life and livelihood of the people of the Song dynasty through these vivid paintings. Meanwhile, to create a diverse reading experience, the library also held serial activities of “Book Exhibition: Here is Song Dynasty”, “READIO Radio Program: The Song Culture”, “Song Dynasty Art Troupe: A Flash Mob” and “WeiXue Salon: Song Dynasty Dishes Cooking Competition”. These activities stimulate readers' interest in reading from various aspects such as reading, listening, watching, and doing, making the Song dynasty culture perceptible and touchable.
Figure 5 Exhibition Site of "The Series of Traditional Chinese Paintings"
Figure 6 Book Exhibition Site: Here is Song Dynasty
Figure 7 The Song Dynasty Art Flash Mob Site
Figure 8 Song Dynasty Dishes Cooking Competition Site
Admire the Celebrities of Haining
As the territory of the campus, Haining possesses a unique and rich cultural heritage. In order to optimize the allocation of cultural resources and improve the cultural awareness and literacy of teachers and students in the campus, the library actively promotes cooperation with cultural institutions in Haining, and has successively launched a series activities, including "Lecture: The Multi-layered Presentation of Academic Thought in Art and Literature - With Reference to Zhang Zongxiang’s Academic Interaction and Its Period", "The Exhibition on the Life and Achievements of Zhang Zongxiang", and “Haining Celebrities – the Exhibition of Wang Hongxi’s Haining Historical Celebrities Paintings”, bring the Haining celebrity culture into the international campus.
Figure 9 Zhang Zongxiang Academic Lecture Site
Figure 10 Exhibition Site of the Life and Achievements of Zhang Zongxiang
Figure 11 the Exhibition Site of Wang Hongxi’s Haining Historical Celebrities Paintings
So far, the serial activities on the World Book Reading Day have come to a successful end, but reading is a life-long activity. We hope more teachers and students on the campus will love reading and all reading lovers on the campus always maintain a thirst for knowledge and create a bookish campus jointly.
Article: Zhu Linyi
Photography: Zhu Linyi; Qin Difan; Li Yicheng
Translation: Ling Sijing
May 27th, 2023