Source: People's Daily - Shandong Channel
"Today, 3,524 people arrived at the museum, and a total of 1,8049,117 people arrived at the museum." This is the real-time number displayed on the large screen on the first floor of Rizhao Library at 4 pm on March 29, 2022. Every morning, there is a long queue in front of the library.
The coast of the Yellow Sea , at the eastern end of the Eurasian Continental Bridge, there is a beautiful small town, Sunshine . Just by looking at the name, you know that this is a place full of vitality and romance. The small town has a small population, the pace of life is slow, and the happiness index of citizens is very high. The Rizhao Library in the small town is a different scene. This library with a construction area of more than 50,000 square meters is nearby, with many schools, dense residential areas and Sports Park . It is close to the beautiful Shadun River and has a superior geographical location. It is a landmark building.
This library has another name - Rizhao Jianghe Library. Named after the Chairman of Golden Eagle Group, Chen Jiang and Mr. .
Memories of old library people: the name of the library hanging on the telephone pole
"This platform that carries the important task of building a book-flavored society has been prosperous for several years. It is hard-won, and we should cherish it." said Wang Mingliang, director of Rizhao Library. " Rizhao City's cultural facilities are still relatively weak. Before 2015, the old library was located in the old city area, with a small area and few readers, and many citizens don't know about it."
talked about the "old" library, Director Wang, who was planning to write the library magazine, opened the conversation. The "old" library was built in 1994. It has a use area of only more than 800 square meters. It has very few books, is remote and has inconvenient transportation, and is difficult to discover. There are only 14 stools and 8 tables in the entire reading room. The library is about 50 square meters, and the most people go to read books every day. The tables and chairs are disrepaired, and the books placed are outdated and most of them are not suitable for children to read...
is such a "mini" prefecture-level city library, which was built in the early 1990s with the support of all sectors of society. At present, this old library has been renamed Rizhao City Children's Library. On the library commemorative nameplate established in 1994, "98 units and 55 individuals donated 57,108 yuan and more than 8,500 books." At that time, the facilities of the city's library were far from meeting the growing cultural and information needs of citizens. In 2008, the city leaders who came here to investigate suddenly discovered that the street signs of the library were actually hanging on the telephone poles, and the city leaders were determined to build a new decent library.
Rizhao citizens, whose material life is increasing, have also increased their cultural needs, and building a first-class public library in the country has become a consensus across the city.
Wang Mingliang: The pride of new library people
On December 26, 2009, Rizhao Library officially started construction and lay the foundation. The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have listed the construction of the municipal library as an annual practical project for the people, and have been promoted as a key project for the people. But the finances were difficult at that time and the funding gap was large.
The then city leader was in the idea of trying it out and connected with relevant personnel from the Asia-Pacific Senbo Pulp and Paper Company, chairman of Singapore Golden Eagle Group, who was invested in Rizhao. After the person in charge of the Asia-Pacific Senbo report to Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen immediately stated: "I am an honorary citizen of in Rizhao City. I am unshirkable to do my best to Rizhao's cultural undertakings!" After investigation of the library project, Mr. Chen decided to donate 30 million yuan, "I hope to promote the construction of in the book-flavored Rizhao and civilized city."
On May 27, 2010, Chen Jianghe donated RMB 30 million to Rizhao Library.
On May 27, 2010, the donation ceremony of Rizhao Library was grandly held. This is the largest personal donation received in Rizhao City's history.
has been opened on December 26, 2015. This modern library has attracted the general public with its rich books, convenient borrowing, comfortable environment and excellent location. It has firmly ranked among the top customers in prefecture-level cities in the country, becoming the national first-class library , and has been rated as the most beautiful library in the country. The fragrance of books has soaked the port city of Rizhao, and the Rizhao Library has become an oasis of urban culture.
"The citizens' enthusiasm for reading was ignited all of a sudden, which was very unexpected.Since the opening of the library, it has been open for more than 1,800 days. Even with the impact of more than two years of epidemic, it has received more than 18 million readers, with an average of 9,600 visitors per opening day." Wang Mingliang said proudly. "There are 3 million citizens in Rizhao, which is equivalent to the average 6 times of each citizen entering the library!"
On May 29, 2016, Rizhao Library welcomed a special reader, Mr. Chen Jianghe. When he stopped in front of the library and looked at the building full of books that he participated in the donation, he was very happy.
When he learned about the number of readers in the library, Chen Jianghe said: "I am particularly pleased that this is a truly beneficial place for the people and has played a good role in helping the construction of a book-loving society. "
" Poetry and calligraphy help the world. I dropped out of school in junior high school and knew the importance of studying. You can’t eat a meal, and you can’t read a book for a day. You can read without entering the classroom. Over the past few decades, I have developed the habit of reading all the time. Books keep improving. "Mr. Chen Jianghe often talks about studying with his employees, "This is also my original intention of donating to build a library."
"We accompanied Mr. Chen to visit and give a detailed introduction. Mr. Chen saw that there were many young and young readers coming to read, so he asked, "What are the difficulties do you still have?" "The then director Feng Aitian recalled. "The library has 300,000 books, and citizens are very enthusiastic about borrowing them. The number of books is far from meeting the needs of readers, especially children's books. "
On May 29, 2016, Chen Jianghe donated another 200,000 children's books worth 5 million yuan.
" It's June 1 International Children's Day soon, I will donate another 200,000 children's books to enrich reading resources. "Mr. Chen Jianghe immediately decided. The 200,000 books worth 5 million yuan are a holiday cultural gift to the city's children.
In order to make it more convenient for citizens to read, in 2017, with the support of Mr. Chen Jianghe and his wife Ms. Huang Rui'e, Asia Pacific Senbo Pulp and Paper Company donated nearly one million yuan to transform the old library located in the old city into Rizhao Children's Library, and set up two high-quality and modern urban study rooms in the Municipal Museum and Jinhai Middle School. , convenient for citizens to use 24-hour self-service borrowing services, without time restrictions, and can easily enjoy the fragrance of books.
freely read urban study room makes the entire community active, realizes the reading flow of books among the public, and allows citizens to enjoy high-quality reading services without leaving the community.
"Our library has become the favorite cultural place for citizens in the city. It can be said to be a spiritual station, and the fragrance of books is interpreted here. "Director Wang Mingliang sighed.
Li Yixuan: benefiting from the library Peking University student
"The library is separated from the school all the way, and you can see it as soon as you look up. Before the library was completed, it was difficult to find a place to review homework and review materials during holidays. "Li Yixuan, who once studied at Rizhao Experimental High School and is currently studying at Peking University , mentioned that the library seemed particularly friendly.
When he was in high school, Li Yixuan often went to Rizhao Library, where the windows were bright and clean, the equipment was complete, and the use of intelligent equipment was full of books, which was very warm.
"I am very lucky that I was able to study and study at the library donated by Mr. Chen Jianghe, but also received the "Yingying" scholarship established by Mr. Chen Jianghe's enterprise because of his outstanding grades in the year of the college entrance examination. ”
At 8:30 on the morning of the opening day, college students with computers, children carrying schoolbags, and old men with hunched backs, entered from the gate and flocked to different floors. Li Yixuan likes to borrow reading rooms outside the third floor and journal reading rooms on the second floor. The book code is similar to that of the university library, and the book search system is the same. She is looking for books she likes back and forth between bookshelfs, and also caught a glimpse of the small world of many readers.
Every year when she returns to her hometown during holidays, Li Yixuan will also find time to come to the Rizhao Library where Xinmingzhi is, watching the juniors and junior high schools come to the library to blow air conditioners and read books, and also see the animation characters she was familiar with when she was a child. Now, with a new cover and story, she walks to the new generation and leads them on the journey of dealing with words.
There are children who love to read encyclopedias, immersed in the book to carefully distinguish the differences between various dinosaurs, and when they see the rise, they will not be able to control the volume, hold the hand of the companion and talk endlessly. There were also girls who asked her for help with a must-read list for summer vacation. They called out sister sweetly, and walked away with satisfaction after taking the book. The data screen on the first floor of the hall shows that the top 5 books borrowed are all children's books that children like. Li Yixuan said she was relieved. She was happy that such good children's books can persist in innovation, and she was also happy that more and more people have the desire to explore the richness and vastness of this home.
There are four floors on the ground in the library, one layer is quieter than the other. People are moving steadily in the outside world, but the library is like an isolated paradise. Li Yixuan always thinks that such an "ivory tower" has kept so much pure and pure innocence, and how much confidence it has given to those travelers who are about to set off.
She said, "There are many people like me. The moment they walked into the library, the distracting thoughts in their hearts were spread out, and they sent themselves into the maze of books. When the sky was getting dark and the wind blew away, they slowly walked out of the narrow spiritual alley, looked back at the quiet building cage in the night, and saw another endless door in life, and the stars rose." (He Xitian)
