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Fine 12th-century books to go under hammer in Beijing

Song Dynasty (960-1179) witnessed a booming of activities involving art and culture. For example, Lou Ji, a scholar-official from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), compiled a dictionary of selected characters from two noteworthy writings of history, Han Shu (Book of Han) by Ban Gu and Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian) by Sima Qian. Lou's work featured those characters seldomly used in his time and included their pronunciations, meanings and references.

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The museum offers a panorama of Chinese culture and history through its comprehensive collection of texts.　　Such a large number of visitors to the museum was unprecedented.

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Earlier-time boosters of cultural confidence

Editor's note: A survey among China Daily's overseas readers ahead of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China shows that the nation's ecological progress, economy, diplomacy, science and technology, and the Belt and Road Initiative are among some of the most closely observed issues.

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Celebrating a bookish romance

The seventh day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar, known as Qixi in China, is widely seen as the Chinese counterpart of Valentine's Day. But ancient Chinese literati had their own romantic story, literally. On this day, they would display their book collections and bathe them in sunshine.

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Precious literary collection of Qing dynasty on show at National Library of China

Precious literary collection of Qing dynasty on show at National Library of China
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