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
Location4 West Renmin Road, Qingyang District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province[1]
TypePublic library
Established1912
Other information
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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