Book exchange parties, garden tours... "Enjoy Reading Caolu" Reading Carnival, making more people fall in love with reading
The start of September is the perfect time for reading. Over the past weekend, Caolu Town launched the "Enjoy Reading Caolu" Reading Carnival, working together with fishing books to bring a rich cultural feast to the people in the town, especially for school-age children. Through book exchange events and garden tours, more children will love reading and participate in environmental reading in the new era of civilization practice activities.
In order to build the "Book Fragrance Caolu", Caolu Town established the "Enjoy Reading Caolu" reading brand in 2019. Represented by the town's library and the Fisherman's Book Sandao Academy, multiple community book borrowing points have been established and diversified reading activities have been carried out, bringing the fragrance of books to thousands of households.
It is reported that this "Enjoy Reading Caolu" Reading Carnival is another nationwide reading promotion activity launched by Caolu Town this year. At Hengyue Rongxin Square, a low-carbon and environmentally friendly book exchange event will be held for three consecutive days starting from the night of September 15th, inviting reading enthusiasts to work together to make books flow.
During the event, participants can bring idle books at home. After being judged as valid and recyclable by on-site staff, they can exchange second-hand books for free or purchase books at a discounted price. "Every book that has not been read is a new one." This approach fully unleashes the role and value of books.
On September 17th, an idle drifting market with the theme of "bartering and awakening low-carbon" was held at Yushu Sandao Academy located at 845 Chuansha Road. Children aged 3 to 15 were invited to exchange idle learning supplies and books with their parents. The activity encourages children to act as vendors and sell at their own prices or barter.
Li Yurui, who is in the fourth grade of elementary school this year, has participated in book exchange activities and charity markets multiple times. After arriving at the scene, he took out a pile of neatly organized books and skillfully began to label and write prices on them. "Here are the books I have read, as well as some picture books from my sister. We plan to sell them or exchange them for books we haven't read," he said.
In addition to the idle drifting market, there were also multiple activities related to reading and traditional culture on that day, providing children with diverse activity experiences. At the "Tea Culture and Ancient Poetry Reading Club", professional tea ceremony masters showcase traditional tea ceremony techniques to parents and children, and also explain ancient poetry related to tea, allowing everyone to appreciate the charm of "tea culture".
In addition, there are activities such as Guqin performance, shadow puppetry production, and movable type printing experience showcasing intangible cultural heritage, which are held in the antique garden, adding a touch of cultural charm. Chen Zhuoyan, who is in the second grade of elementary school, specially wore Hanfu to participate in activities, and further experienced the traditional beauty of Chinese intangible cultural heritage in different activities.
Caolu Town stated that one of the features of this Caolu Reading Carnival is to showcase intangible cultural heritage and traditional culture related to poetry and books, allowing more people to fall in love with reading. A three-day reading carnival will once again spread the fragrance of books in the town, creating a stronger reading atmosphere for the whole population.
Text/Photography: Zhang Lei
*Reprinted from Pudong Release
