China News Service, Nanjing, March 11 (Chu Wen) As the spring breeze brings warmth, the Jiangnan region has entered the season of blooming flowers.
Recently, in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, the "Literary Capital of the World", a month-long "Reading + Spring Appreciation" activity with the theme of "Literary Capital Spring Flowers" set the "stage" on the banks of Xuanwu Lake and at the foot of Jilong Mountain The literary park attracts tourists from home and abroad and the active participation of local citizens through the beauty of nature and literature.
In early spring, Nanjing, the cultural capital, held a month-long reading + spring appreciation activity with the theme of "Wendu·Spring Flowers".
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On October 31, 2019, UNESCO announced that Nanjing, China, has become the "World Capital of Literature".
In recent years, with the "World Literature Living Room" as the center point, the city has connected rich humanistic resources such as "Literature Mountain", "Literary Garden" and "Literary Museum" through a literary trail about 2 kilometers long, creating an open city. Literary experience space - Literary Park.
"Entering the Literature Park, people can explore the elegance of the Six Dynasties, the poetry of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the fireworks of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and modern past events, and experience the long-lasting charm of Nanjing literature. They can also use mobile applets, hand-drawn map navigation, AR interactive photos, directional soundscapes, etc. A variety of digital interactive methods can be used to 'walk' through it." Wen Yiwu, secretary-general of the Nanjing City of Literature Promotion Association, said that he hopes that through the "Literature City·Spring Flowers" activity, "everyone can fully feel and experience the beauty of this urban space. "
In order to let more people understand the richness of this event, Nanjing’s “World Literature Living Room” also recruited experts who are active on various social platforms to serve as “living room hosts” for a day, synchronizing online and offline, and communicating with citizens and tourists. Share the beautiful scenery, delicious food, beautiful things and beautiful people in Nanjing, the "City of Literature", in spring.
The event hopes to share the beauty of literature and nature with tourists and citizens.
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Among them, knowledge blogger and "Treasure Sister" Li Miumi plans to invite experts from the Nanjing Museum to record a program live in the living room with the theme of "Going to Jiangnan, Going to Chunshan, and Seeing the First State in Jiangnan for the First Time".
Li Zhifan, a foreign student majoring in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Nanjing University, has studied ancient Chinese literature for many years. She plans to produce her own "Exploring Chun Ya Ji", "I want to talk to famous Chinese opera masters Let’s sing a spring-appreciation opera together, experience the books that Chinese people like to read, enjoy the scenery, and eat delicious food in spring, record all this with the camera, and pass it on to more people who love Chinese culture.”
At the same time, in the exhibition hall on the second floor of Nanjing's "World Literature Living Room", hundreds of "the most beautiful books in the world" and "the most beautiful books in China" gathered together, inviting the audience to read these beautifully designed books in the bright spring light.
"Wendu Yumei·The World's Most Beautiful Literature Book Fair" gathers hundreds of the most beautiful books for book lovers to enjoy.
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According to Wen Yiwu, since the second half of last year, multiple "Nanjing Literature City Walk" activities have been organized around the Literature Park, attracting tens of thousands of people through diverse methods such as city slow walking, check-in and stamp collection, theme study, and digital experience. There was enthusiastic participation from citizens, tourists and students from universities, middle schools and primary schools.
"It embodies the remarkable effect of the Literature Park integrating culture, tourism, digital experience and other scenes, and opening it up to benefit a wide range of people. We plan to go from 'walking' in the Literature Park to 'readable' in the whole city of Jinling, empowering the development of urban literary ecology and creating The characteristic brand of 'City of Literature' and the three-dimensional image of Nanjing's historical and cultural city." (End)