Nanjing Library printed books according to the ancient system on Tanabata. Do you know that printing books is also the custom of Qixi?

On August 25th, Nanjing Library (Jiangsu Ancient Books Protection Center) held an exhibition at the Historical Literature Restoration Center on the morning of Lunar New Year's Eve in China. Exploring ancient books, drying books on Tanabata? Theme activities.

The Collection of Old People in Pan Room is one of the treasures of Nantu Town Museum. The Song Engraving of Panshi Old Man in Nantu Library is unique, and the names of restoration experts are clearly recorded. Ding Feng told reporters that from 65438 to 0959, Mr. Zhang Shida, one of the national restorers, restored it. This ancient book retains the original binding form of the Song book. ?

This book has a history of nearly 800 years. This is a Song version in the form of butterfly costume, with Shu Lang layout and pleasant fonts. At present, there are only more than 3,300 books in Song Dynasty and more than 60 books in South Map.

Han Chao, a librarian in the historical documents department of Nanjing Library, said: Regular book drying can prevent books from becoming moldy and keep them for a longer time, so book drying day is also a day to protect books. Today, we will talk about printed books. In fact, a large part of us are talking about its protection. Books in the library that need maintenance should be maintained regularly. For example, if there are worms or loose pages, we need our repairman to fix them. ?

The restorer will complete the holes in the page and remount the fragments to be restored. Lei Yong Qian Fang, an ancient book of Yuan Dynasty collected by Nantu, is a national treasure of our country, which has just been restored and made its debut today.

So, how did the custom of drying books on Tanabata come about?

According to historical records, this custom originated in the late Eastern Han Dynasty nearly two thousand years ago. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Mao Cui's "Four-person Moon Order" goes:? On July 7th, I exposed my scriptures and clothes. I don't smoke. ? This shows that there was a custom of uncovering books in Wei and Jin Dynasties.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, printing books on July 7th was still very common. E's Li Nian says that July 7th is a folk festival. Criticize the book strategy, dry clothes? The custom of. Song Yaohui records that the ritual system in the Song Dynasty was based on July 7th. Book Festival? On the same day, under the three provinces and six ministries, the emperor paid for a banquet for the book printing party.

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