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Activities for the Reading Month in 2022 by Zhejiang Public Libraries
By Zhejiang Library | April 22, 2022
 
 
April 23, 2022 is the 27th World Reading Day. In this great festival for readers and book lovers, various reading activities sponsored by Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism during the Nationwide Reading Month are going to be held in the public libraries across the province. This year’s activities will be provided both online and offline in various forms and different themes in provincial, municipal and county-level. 
 
It aims to find out excellent works and local literature produced by residents of Zhejiang, fully show the cultural achievements of enriched spirit and expand Zhejiang Spirit in new era.
 
Under the epidemic, most of the activities will be held online to fit for the reading requests from the readers. And information about the Reading Month will be provided to the readers based on digital technology and mobile apps. Reading Month in 2022 has already launched officially on April 23 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and the relative activities will continue until September. Readers are all welcomed to join the activities and enjoy the fun of reading.
 

Eight Themed Activities

 

Library Night 2022

 

 

◆ Time: 2022.4.23 (Saturday), 19:00 (UTC+8);

 

◆ Ways to participate: China Blue TV App, Like Listening App, Bilibili Zhejiang Library Account, Zheliyue App;

 

◆ Guests:

√ Wu Xiaobo: famous financial writer;

√ Wang Xufeng: winner of Mao Dun Literature Prize, national first-class writer; professor of Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University;

√ Zhao Feng: Director of China National Silk Museum, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor;

 

√ Li Peijie: national first-class actor and director of Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Shaoxing Opera Theatre;

 

√ Jiang Leping: researcher of Zhejiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, “the most beautiful cultural traveler”;

 

√ Jiang Qingqing: senior editor, part-time researcher of Centre for Research on the History of the Southern Song Dynasty;

 

 

√ Ge Jihong: Director of School of Cultural Creativity, Communication University of Zhejiang; President of Phoenix TV Zhejiang Company;

 

√ Jin Xiaoyang: Director of School of Culinary Skill, Tourism College of Zhejiang, “the Most Beautiful Cuture and Tourism Practitioner ”;

 

√ Lao Yue: excellent reading promoter of Zhejiang public libraries, founder of Wenlan Reading Island.

 

 

In the library night, these nine guests introduced to readers about the thousand-year culture and humanistic spirit in Zhejiang. They also recommended books for readers to understand Zhejiang better.

 

Picturesque Zhejiang  Reading in the Scenery -- Themed Video Collecting Activity

 

 

Combine the reading with the scenery and record the beauty in your life. If you love the beautiful view in Zhejiang, come and join us!

 

◆ Time: 23/4/2022-23/5/2022;

 

◆ Video Requirements: No more than 3 minutes; relate to the theme of the activity and local culture; landscape shooting and audio received by microphone is suggested; resolution 1920*1808; MP4 or MOV. form;

 

◆ Ways to Participate: upload video on TikTok or Weibo together with tag #Picturesque Zhejiang • Reading in the Scenery# (#诗画浙江在风景里阅读#) or upload video on “Zheliyue” App.

 

Note: Each video needs a more than 100 words introduction, including time, place, content and other basic information.

 

Book Listening Marathon

 

 

◆ Time: 23/4/2022, 10:00-16:00 (UTC+8);

 

◆ Form: Listen to books and finish the quiz online;

 

◆ Ways to participate: Scan the QR code for more detailed information.

 

Themed Recitation Convention

 

 

As one of the activities for Reading Month, the Themed Recitation Convention invites each and every reader who love reading and reading aloud to join us. Participants of the competition will be divided into two groups, teenagers (those who are below 18) and adults. Readers can participate personally or in group.

 

◆ Time: April to August, 2022;

 

◆ Agenda:

   Work upload: from now on till June 23;

   Preliminary: June 23 to June 30;

   Quarter-final:July 1 to July 10;

   Final: mid-to-late August

 

◆ Ways to participate:

   Upload on: https://hdm.readerstar.com/zjlib/activity?cate_id==414  

 

   Or scan the OR code below.

 

The Eighteenth Reading Festival for Juveniles: Popular Science Reading Competition for Teenagers

 

 

Excellent scientific literacy and spirit of exploration are qualities for young people to help them build a future society and achieve common prosperity. This activity provides young people in the province an opportunity to come together to develop interest in scientific knowledge, broaden the horizons of popular science reading, and participate in the creation of popular science reading!

 

◆ Time: April to July, 2022;

 

◆ Participating objects: teenagers from 7 to 18;

 

◆ Ways to participate: hand in both self-created script and introduction video on 浙江图书馆 (readerstar.com), or scan the OR code below for more information.

The organizers will give all the participants some instructions through recommending relative books, giving out speeches and providing online courses. Participants could log in the website to study online.

 

Bookers Library: DIY Picture Books Competition

 

 

In this activity, children and teenagers could draw out the image about the life in the Zhejiang Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone in their imagination and record the related story by using smart phone.

 

◆ Time: April 23-August 23, 2022;

 

◆ Participating objects: children and teenagers from 3 to 15;

 

◆ Ways to Participant: scan the following OR code for more detailed information.

 

Book Introducing Competition

 

 

The fun of reading is not only shown during the process of reading but also during the book sharing with others. Read together is an expected view of public reading. Let’s do the book introducing through the video, to dig out the cultural achievement during the common prosperity, the excellent works by residents of Zhejiang province and local literature for more people to fall in love with good books and reading.

 

◆ Time: April 23-June 23, 2022;

 

◆ Video requirements: a video no longer than 5 minutes that introduces one book or one book series;

 

◆ Ways to participate: since April 23, readers could contribute their videos on COKA App. They can also contribute their products through the channels stated by public libraries in the province or straightly send the video to the mailbox shushuozheli@163.com (remarking name, contact information and other basic information).

 

Book Sharing Activity

 

 

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasty, Chinese people have already had the tradition of sharing books on June 6 and July 7 on the lunar calendar. In this year’s book sharing activity, there will be masters who will lead us to read Chinese traditional classics and learn the classical literature. Readers will also be invited to share the classical rare books beside them on the online platform.

 

◆ Time: April to August, 2022

 

Join us to enjoy reading together and feel the strength of reading. You will find that the world is so rich and beautiful.