New Year's Day has just passed, the Lunar New Year is coming, the New Year flavor is getting stronger and stronger. Nanjing Library has prepared a series of "packages" to welcome the New Year: couplets New Year picture exhibition to brighten the festive atmosphere, theme lectures to popularize the music of Chinese dragon culture, Chinese dragon image and dragon culture in the past. Dragon Year theme engraving printing experience, reading welcome New Year, guessing puzzles win prizes and other activities, full of interactive experience.

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Listen to the story of dragons and music, participate in reading, puzzles, engraving printing

Do you know the story of dragons and music? The lecture series "Beauty of Literature" will start with the theme of "Music of the Huaxia Dragon Culture: Beginning with Kui Dragon". The lecture will start with Kui Dragon, starting a musical journey of the Year of the Dragon. Kui, also known as Kui Dragon, is a divine beast born in Leize in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. During the battle with Jiuli Chiyou, Emperor Huang, the ancestor of Huaxia, fashioned the skin of Kui dragon into a battle drum, which was heard thousands of miles away. In Yao's time, Kui became the world of making gifts and music.

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, the "Jiangsu Public Library Couplets New Year Painting Exhibition" will brighten up the festive atmosphere on the first floor of Nantu. The exhibition will bring together couplets and New Year pictures with rich cultural connotations and beautiful layouts from all over Jiangsu Province.

In addition to listening to lectures and watching exhibitions, readers can also participate in reading, guessing puzzles, engraving printing, prize competition, etc., which is full of interactive participation. Walk into the reading booth of the hall on the first floor of Nantu, participate in the recitation and welcome activity of "Water Rhyme Jiangsu · Elegance has you", read the works of Jiangsu writers, record and upload them to participate in the selection. In the first month, participating in the puzzles will have the chance to receive a beautiful small gift. The Year of the Dragon theme Block printing experience activity has prepared a New Year of the Dragon theme plate and 24 solar terms theme plate, readers can brush and print under the guidance of Nantu ancient books restorer.

Customized "Children's Package" for young readers to tell the story of the Spring Festival

In addition to the activities that all readers can participate in, Nantu has also customized "children's packages" for young readers of different ages.

Starting from January 23, the library staff will select a group of books on the theme of Chinese New Year, covering traditional culture, history, folklore and modern art, to help young readers understand the cultural connotation of "dragon".

Why is the Spring Festival called the Spring Festival? According to legend, Nian is a vicious monster... A reading session for certified young readers aged 3 to 7 will recommend the traditional Chinese holiday picture book "The Story of the Spring Festival", which tells the story of "the coming of years".

In history, the dragon image and dragon culture have gone through many stages of development and evolution. The lecture is open to certified young readers aged 7-12 years old. The lecture will explore the evolution of the dragon image in Chinese history and the development of dragon culture in various periods, and bring you to appreciate the beauty of traditional Chinese dragon culture.

Modern Express + reporter Liu Jingyan

(Proofread Ji Linqiao)