Capital Library
| Capital Library | |
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 Capital Library building | |
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| Location | Chaoyang District, Beijing |
| Type | Public library |
| Established | 1913[1] |
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| Website | www |
The Capital Library (simplified Chinese: 首都图书馆; traditional Chinese: 首都圖書館), also known as the Capital Library of China,[2] is a large scale public library, located in Chaoyang District, Beijing City. The library is noted for its collection of Chinese opera, classical music, drama and theater.[3]
Founded in 1913 by Lu Xun,[4] Capital Library is the largest public library in Beijing.[5] It evolved from the merger of the Capital Books Branch, the Capital Popular Library and the Central Park Library Reading Office, which were respectively established in June 1913, October 1913 and August 1917.[6]
References
- ^ "Libraries". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. 2004-10-27.
- ^ Chinese University of Hong Kong. Library (2014). Shu hai li zhu : Xianggang Zhong wen da xue tu shu guan zhen cang zhuan ji. Yingwen Zou, Jinguang Lin, 鄒穎文., 林進光. Xianggang: Zhong wen da xue chu ban she. ISBN 978-962-996-551-8. OCLC 893599736.
- ^ Lin, Sharon Chien (1998). Libraries and librarianship in China. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-00784-5. OCLC 51916298.
- ^ Chou, Sha-chʻen; 周沙尘. (1984). Beijing old and new : a historical guide to places of interest : with descriptions of famous sites within one day's journey of Beijing (1st ed.). Beijing, China: New World Press. ISBN 0-8351-1392-2. OCLC 12018950.
- ^ "Taiwan's famous writer Lung Ying-tai will "land" in Beijing to give a lecture". BBC News. 2015-12-31.
- ^ Ni Xiaojian (2007). Beijing Regional Library Chronology, 1949-2006. Beijing Library Press. ISBN 978-7-5013-3431-5.
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