Reading activities for World Book Day

Overseas situation

According to data, since the announcement of "World Book Day", more than 100 countries and regions have participated in this activity. Many countries will carry out a variety of activities on this day or within a week or a month. During this period, libraries, media, publishers, schools, shops, communities and other institutions and groups will do some book donation, Reading and other things that encourage people to read turn the promotion of reading into a lively and joyful festival.

China

In January 1997, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture, the State Education Commission, the State Science and Technology Commission, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, the News and Publishing House, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and the *** Youth The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and nine ministries and commissions of the All-China Women's Federation jointly issued the "Notice on Organizing and Implementing the "Knowledge Project" Nationwide"

In 2004, the Library Society of China implemented the goal of "advocating reading for all and building reading The "Knowledge Project" with the purpose of "society" holds large-scale activities across the country to let the public know about "World Book Day".

Shakespeare once said: "Life without books is like a life without sunshine; wisdom without books is like a bird without wings." The impact of reading on human growth is huge, "Poetry in the belly" "Bookishness comes from China", a good book can often change a person's life. The history of a person's spiritual development should be his own reading history; and the spiritual realm of a nation depends to a large extent on the reading level of the entire nation. An important reason why the Chinese nation has become a land of etiquette and an ancient civilization is that we are a nation that loves learning and diligently studies. Today, the task of the times to build an innovative country and a learning society requires creating an innovative country and a learning society more than ever. In a society rich in books, reading is an irreplaceable force in promoting social development. Advocating reading can keep the development of the nation alive. As the future masters and the backbone of building a learning society, our reading level is related to the future of the motherland and the rise and fall of the nation.

April 23, 2009 is the 14th "World Book Day". The "National Children's Reading Year" activity with the theme of "Let us grow together in reading" was launched at the Tianjin Children's Library. . Relevant leaders of the Library Society of China and the Children's Library Professional Committee called on all types of libraries across the country, especially public libraries, children's libraries, and primary and secondary school libraries, to take action together to carry out the "National Children's Reading Year" activities. , vigorously promote the promotion of children's reading, and strive to establish my country's children's reading festival, so that children can like reading, become accustomed to reading, be happy in reading, and grow in happiness. The series of activities of the "National Children's Reading Year" were carried out in six stages from April 2009 to April 2010:

Tianjin held the launch ceremony of the National Children's Reading Year at the main venue and the Children's Reading High-Level Forum;

On June 1st, the Children’s Reading Year Activity Display Month was held in Guangzhou, the main venue. At the same time, a survey report on urban children’s reading was released to display the results of reading activities.

From July to August, various Year of Reading competitions are held intensively;

From September to October, open day activities for children and children in the Year of Reading are held in Chongqing and Beijing, and National Day The 60th Anniversary National Public Library Children’s Science Popularization Activities and the 60th Anniversary Exhibition of Excellent Popular Science Books Bibliography of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China; announced the list of outstanding reading books that have influenced three generations of people in the 60 years of New China, and announced some reading survey results;

2010 In April 2020, the National Children's Reading Year Reading Carnival was held in Changsha, the reading performance show finals were held, various awards for the Reading Year activities were awarded, and the "National Children's Reading Survey Report" was published.

In April 2011, in Pingjiang, Yueyang, Jiayi Town Central Primary School organized 850 students to carry out the "Chinese Chanting-Chinese Classics Reading" activity to pass on Chinese culture from generation to generation.

In May 2012, the opening ceremony of the Weifang PEN Club to commemorate the 17th World Book Day was held grandly in Linqu, Shandong Province, the famous "hometown of small plays", "hometown of calligraphy and painting" and "hometown of strange stones".

The 17th World Book Day Weifang PEN Club is a literary event jointly organized by the China Central Radio and Television University Press Yuedu Tianxia All-Media Planning and Publishing Center, Weifang Fushan Group, "Yuedu" magazine and other more than ten media. Mr. Zhang Wei, Deputy Director of the Communication Network Center of the State Council Information Office, Mr. Yuan Tianpei, Chairman of Haina Xiechuang Consulting Co., Ltd. and a famous Chinese telecommunications expert, Mr. Zhang Wenbao, Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Writers Association, Mr. Chai Zhihua, Vice Chairman of Hebei Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Vice President of Hebei Normal University Mr. Lu Hepingli, Deputy Director of the Propaganda Department of Linqu County Party Committee, Mr. Li Bin, Mr. Sun Chuankun, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Dongcheng Street, Linqu County, Mr. Wan Jiachao, Chief Editor of the Yuedutianxia All-Media Publishing Planning Center of China Central Radio and Television University, Shandong Fushan Group CEO Mr. Yi Guangxin and literary talents from all over the country gathered together. In order to increase public interest in reading and promote book publishing, UNESCO launched the "World Book Capital Project" within the framework of "World Book Day" in 2001, and announced Madrid, the capital of Spain, as the "World Book Capital" in 2001 . Since then, one city has been awarded the title of "World Book Capital" by UNESCO every year.

The cities that have been elected as "World Book Capitals" in the past years are:

Madrid (Spain, 2001)

Alexandria (Egypt, 2002) New Delhi (India) , 2003)

Antwerp (Belgium, 2004)

Montreal (Canada, 2005)

Turin (Italy, 2006)

Bogotá (Colombia, 2007)

Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2008) Beirut (Lebanon, 2009)

Ljubljana (Slovenia, 2010)

Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2011) Yerevan (Armenia, 2012)

Bangkok (Thailand, 2013)

United Kingdom

The local "Reading Day" celebrations are often held in advance to March 6. According to statistics, there are more than 1,000 celebration activities held in schools, libraries, and bookstores every year, including story reading. Character imitation contest, lunch story time, various types of book fairs, etc. Some educational institutions and bookstores will also issue Book Day vouchers with a face value of 1 pound to children, allowing them to exchange them for a favorite book at a Book Day member bookstore.

Spain

Catalonia, the birthplace of the legend of “Reading Day”, has a tradition. You will see many people walking on the street holding roses, like Just like Valentine's Day, it's very interesting. Therefore, almost every year on April 23, local books will be reduced by 10 yuan, and the price of roses will rise sharply.

Japan

Children in Tokyo are the most favored on World Book Day.

·Japan: 60% of people are reading.

South Korea

The Korean government usually issues "World Book Day" commemorative stamps on April 23, so that local children can spread the culture of reading and writing through stamps. Exquisite stamps are sent to every corner of the world along with letters.

Mexico

The most closely related to "World Book Day" is the Guadalajara International Book Fair, which was founded 20 years ago. It is a Spanish-speaking country. The largest book market in China. A large number of publishers, literary agents, reading publicists, translators, librarians, etc. gather here every year to conduct business or professional exchanges. More than 350,000 people (including 100,000 children) will attend the book fair during the nine days. Come to Guadalajara to visit the largest cultural festival in Latin America.

Jamaica

The "Book Day" event will be divided into two parts: children and adults. Official Kick-off Children participating in the opening ceremony were invited to write down their impressions of Jamaican authors; author Tanya Savage, representing Jamaican authors, gave a presentation based on her own book. Anti-piracy video clips produced by UNESCO were also displayed on the big screen. Jamaica has also organized a series of exhibitions to be displayed in the borough's libraries.

In the adult section, Dr. Bruder, a widely respected scientist in Jamaica, held a public lecture on the future of robots.

France

·France: 11 books per person on average January 1997, Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Culture, State Education Commission, State Science and Technology Commission, Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, Press and Publication Administration Nine ministries and commissions including the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the All-China Women’s Federation jointly issued the “Notice on Organizing and Implementing the “Knowledge Project” Nationwide”, proposing the implementation of “advocating reading for all and building a reading society.” "Knowledge Engineering". This is a social and cultural systematic project that uses the development of library services as a means and aims to promote reading, spread knowledge, and promote social civilization and progress. In 2004, the "National Knowledge Engineering Leading Group" handed over the annual "National Reading Month" activity to the Library Society of China. In order to implement the "knowledge project" with the purpose of "advocating reading for all and building a reading society", further stimulating the enthusiasm for reading among the people, and promoting the construction of a learning society, learning organizations, and learning families, the Library Society of China is preparing to launch the project in 2004. Large-scale events are held across the country to make the national public aware of World Book Day. The local celebrations in the UK can be said to be the most comprehensive. They even moved Reading Day forward to March 6. There are more than 1,000 celebration activities held in schools, libraries and bookstores alone, such as Story Characters Imitation contests, lunch story time, various book fairs, etc. The official website of the 2004 Reading Day also held online author lectures/exchange meetings and broadcast reading-related programs. Relevant local organizations have even issued World Book Day Book Tokens with a face value of 1 pound to children, allowing them to exchange them for a favorite book at a Book Day member bookstore. The organizer has specially published 6 new books for World Book Day; it has also set up a good book list, which not only recommends 25 interesting reading books to children, but also provides a series of activity suggestions so that teachers can use them as teaching references. There is a local tradition in Catalonia. You will see many people walking down the street holding roses, just like Valentine's Day, which is very interesting. South Korea issued "World Reading Day" stamps to spread the message of promoting reading and copyright. In 2004, the local organization published an adventure story book specifically for "World Book Day" to explain to children what copyright is, hoping to raise the younger generation's understanding of copyright. In addition, the authorities also issued "World Reading Day" stamps to spread the message of promoting reading and copyright. The publishing house mailed out 35,000 books on April 23 to local schools for free. A charity auction will be held, and proceeds from 15 works by local artists will be used to promote reading among young people. In addition, there is a donation event for new or used books. Japan The Tokyo government issued a decree designating April 23 as Children's Reading Day, with the long-term goal of cultivating children's abilities in language, imagination and sensitivity to help them "experience life" more deeply. In 2005, Japan's Yomiuri News Agency conducted a survey on the reading situation across the country. The results are as follows: 14% read for one hour a day, 19% read for half an hour, 10% read for 20 minutes, and 10% read for 10 minutes. 9, 27 are non-students. France In 2004, 24-year-old French people read 12 books, and people over 55 read 1 to 12 books. Based on the population, the average person reads 11 books. Israel: Israelis love to read, buy books, and write books. In Israel, people who are absorbed in reading can be seen everywhere, whether in the streets or alleys, in stations or squares. In every home, a study room is a must. During the Sabbath, all Jewish shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues are closed, and all transportation is interrupted. Everyone must rest and pray at home. Visiting relatives and friends and going out for outings are strictly prohibited, but only one thing is allowed, and that is Read and buy books. If you look down from the balcony, you will find that the beach is empty, the streets are deserted, and only the bookstore is open. Every bookstore was packed with people, there was no loud noise, people were buying books quietly.

Business is booming in every bookstore. It seems that Israelis love books more than religion. Israel implements an open cultural policy, and bookstores have a wide range of books with various viewpoints and versions, from the most profound to the most popular, and there are a large number of readers. At street newsstands, you can buy Western newspapers such as The Times, New York Times, and Le Monde published the day before, as well as various illustrated magazines and video tapes. In addition to being proficient in their native Hebrew language, the average Israeli can also speak fluent English. There are 29 newspapers across the country, published in 15 languages, and radio and television stations broadcast in two languages.

According to a 1988 UNESCO survey, Israel has the highest number of libraries and publishing houses per capita in the world. Not just cities, every village and town has elegantly furnished libraries and reading rooms. Shockingly, there are 890 publications in this country with a population of only 5 million. The price of books and periodicals in Israel is very expensive. Most newspapers have 48 pages per day and cost US$6. If you subscribe to a newspaper, it costs US$180 per month. However, ordinary Israelis subscribe to at least several newspapers and periodicals every year. The Jerusalem Post is one of the most influential newspapers in the world, with a daily circulation of 1 million copies, an average of one copy for five Israelis. In addition, Israelis over the age of 14 read one book a month. On average, there is a public library for every 4,000 people in the country, and more than 1 million of the country's 5 million people hold library cards. Because of this, a large number of world-famous writers such as Agnon, Yehuda Amihay, and Ors have emerged. Agnon won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966, and Amihay is one of the six or seven leading poets in the world so far. Of course, Israel has also made great achievements in music, dance, etc. A nation that loves books will be a nation with great hope. (Source library) Online reading is very different from traditional reading. Traditional reading is more purposeful. Readers will understand and digest the content of the book after reading, and also have opportunities for rational judgment and rational thinking. Good books require careful reading. Read it carefully and savor it slowly. Online books usually use bright colors, prominent illustrations and even music to stimulate readers' senses, making them suitable for quick reading. Reading is generally done in a relaxed state, and the content you have read is not easy to remember. And it must rely on some hardware support, such as computers and smartphones. It also needs a fixed place, unlike books that can be read anytime and anywhere. Therefore, you can only browse on e-books. Therefore, readers should look at the rise of online reading objectively and comprehensively, and make the right choice between e-reading and traditional reading to achieve a prosperous situation. Reading is an important method for a person, especially a young person, to cultivate his mind, shape his character, and guide his outlook on life. No matter what method is used, the key is to draw readers back to reading. Schools, families and even the whole society should create an atmosphere of scientific reading and provide reasonable guidance for readers, especially young people, in their reading behavior.