Guangzhou Daily News (all media reporter Sun Jun correspondent Haichao) On April 23, Guangzhou Library's "7th Guangzhou Reading Month Conference" was online through "Guangtu Live", Guangzhou Library's Weibo and WeChat video accounts The live broadcast started with the trailer of Guangzhou Library's first self-made oral documentary "Feng Zhengfan Hanging - 40 Years of Oral Guangtu", and then announced the "Good Reader" of Guangzhou Public Library and the 40-year "Good Reader" of Guangzhou Library. Reader's Star" and other awards.

On the same day, the list of candidate books for the 4th "Guangfo City Shared Reading" was also announced, including 10 shortlisted books including "Origin of Culture" and "Imported Treasures of the Maritime Silk Road".

 39 years of "pausing"

  Accumulate rich spiritual wealth

  This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Guangzhou Library.

Over the past 40 years, Guangzhou Library has served more than 130 million people in Guangzhou, and the number of registered readers has reached more than 2.4 million. Among them, there have been a large number of good readers who love reading, love libraries, and care about and devote themselves to the library business.

After selection, 10 readers were rated as "Good Reader Stars" by Guangzhou Library for 40 years.

  "I met a better me in Guangtu." On the same day, at the press conference, reader He Qiwei reviewed her 39-year reading career with Guangzhou Library, and she was named Guangzhou Library's 40-year "Good Reader" Star".

She told the story of herself and the Guangzhou Library: 1983 was the second year of Guangzhou Library's establishment. At that time, she was only in the fourth grade of primary school, so she excitedly went to Guangzhou to apply for a reader's card, and it has been 39 years since then. library tour.

At that time, there was no bus between her home and Guangtu. She walked to the library on two legs, and it took two hours to go back and forth.

She fondly recalled the unforgettable reading time spent in the children's department, loan department, reading room, self-study room, lecture hall, and periodical room of the old Guangtu.

  At the end of 2012, the new Guangzhou Library was partially opened. He Qiwei called it "a beautiful building on the north bank of the Pearl River". The updated environment, better service, and richer documentation brought her more surprises.

In the 39 years of "pausing" in Guangtu, He Qiwei has improved her educational level, accumulated personal spiritual wealth, and grown from a white person in the workplace to a corporate executive.

"In the age of material abundance and rich information, I am still looking for a spiritual pure land to face different stages of life pressure and personal encounters. This is a great inspiration for Guangtu's attitude towards life." He Qiwei expressed reading and books in this way. the value of the museum.

 From picture books to tomes readers

  12-year-old Wu Yuchen got his literary growth in Guangzhou Library.

In June 2013, the new Guangzhou Library opened to the public. At the age of three and a half, she became a registered reader of the Guangzhou Library. The books she borrowed from the picture books at that time also transitioned from the picture books at that time to the “too” today. The volume is nearly 20 million words, and about 200,000 words are excerpted from reading notes.

  In 2020, the Guangzhou Library Newsletter published her article sharing the recommended reading of Jack London's novel "The Call of the Wild".

In December 2020, in the "Youth Love Reading" Guangzhou youth reading activity sponsored by the Communist Youth League Guangzhou Municipal Committee and other units, she read "Pavana's Waiting" recommended by curator Fang Jiazhong, and her post-reading feeling was evaluated by the organizer. "Top Ten Best Book Reviews".

In addition, she also participated in the "Reading Climbing Program" of Guangtu, and won the titles of the annual junior champion, reading master, and reading creation master for two consecutive years.

  Others who were awarded the "Star of Good Readers" of Guangzhou Library for 40 years: spent 20 years exploring the rich collection resources of Guangzhou Library, and wrote the documentary literature "Thirteen Lines", which was well received by all sectors of society, especially the academic circles. Ms. Fan Xiaojing from "Story"; Ms. Lan Yanhua, who made extensive use of the documents and services of the Guangtu library and became an excellent scientific research editor; a lawyer, a public welfare person, and a reading promotion ambassador, saying that the rich collection of Guangtu has relieved his "reading hunger". Mr. Wang Yi, a visually impaired person who loves reading; Ms. Xian Guangling, a visually impaired person who loves reading; Ms. Zhang Ya, a college professor who has long-term and high-frequency use of Guangtu’s literature resources to give back to Guangtu readers with professional creative design services; she has read nearly 3,000 books at the age of 9 Xie Xuanheng, a loyal reader of books and various activities of Guangtu, etc.