Sichuan Provincial Library

The Sichuan Provincial Library (simplified Chinese: 四川省图书馆; traditional Chinese: 四川省圖書館), also known as the Sichuan Library,[2] is a Chengdu-based[3] comprehensive provincial-level public library,[4] located at Tianfu Square.[5] It was formed on 20 October 1912, then named the Sichuan Province-established Library, [6] which is one of the earliest public libraries established in China.[7]

Sichuan Provincial Library
Sichuan Provincial Library
TypePublic library
Established1912
Location4 West Renmin Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province[1]
Websitewww.sclib.org

History

Sichuan Provincial Library was prepared in the third year of Xuantong (1909) and opened for service in the first year of the Republic of China (1912). [8] It was officially named the Sichuan Provincial Library in 1952.[9]

In June 2019, Sichuan Provincial Library established the Zhang Daqian Documentation Centre.[10]

On 11 October 2020, the Long Scroll of 100 Pictures of Giant Pandas Thangka debuted at the Sichuan Provincial Library.[11]

References
  1. "Sichuan Provincial Library". China Daily. Dec 18, 2018.
  2. "Selected Public Libraries". Indiana University Libraries. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  3. Carolyn Farquhar Ulrich (1999). Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory. Bowker. ISBN 978-0-8352-4230-1.
  4. Contemporary Chinese Encyclopedic Dictionary. Archive Publishing House. 1991. ISBN 978-7-80019-286 -9.
  5. "It is difficult to estimate the amount of Zhang Xianzhong's treasure". People's Daily. 2021-05-18.
  6. "Relocation of Sichuan Provincial Library". Xinhua News Agency. 2015-12-25.
  7. "About the Sichuan Provincial Library". Sichuan Library. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  8. "History of the Sichuan Provincial Library". Sichuan Library. Archived from the original on 2000-09-16. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  9. Encyclopedia of China: (A-Z). Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2009. ISBN 978-7-5000-7958-3.
  10. "Sichuan Provincial Library established the Zhang Daqian Documentation Centre". Xinhua News Agency. 2019-06-27.
  11. "Long Scroll of 100 Pictures of Giant Pandas Thangka made its debut at the Sichuan Provincial Library". Xinhua News Agency. 2020-10-13. Archived from the original on May 20, 2021.

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