I Never thought a Public Library in China would look like this

[@middlekingdomproductions]

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[@frank-js9nf]

Most of the libraries in China are free libraries built by various levels of government and libraries in universities. Nowadays, there are also free libraries established by village committees in most rural areas of China. The number of libraries in China is very large, and basically every place has them

[@totifernandez9532]

One measure of a country is the value it puts in knowledge. China is an exemplar in this throughout its history.

[@mikesun-ce5dd]

so nice, so calm, so peaceful, so beautiful

[@MariaAlvarez-sm8bv]

Libraries (and also book stores) are always mesmerizing in China and also full on people visiting them. Confucian culture and heritage and a people being eager to learn.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Yeah, I agree, they are nearly always full and interesting places to visit.

[@michaelgoh9768]

Since the ancient days, China has placed the importance on books and reading. This tradition can never and will never die. In ancient China, all imperial officials had to pass certain examination to be eligible to work as officials in the magistrate courts.

[@terry1708]

They developed paper tech and printing tech, paper tech is still using today. before that, they used bamboo sheets or cloth as books, which is very heavy or expensive. Actually, normally they could be the leader of the county and the courts at the same time in the ancient China.

[@muonnguyen1232]

Nho giáo quan trọng chữ là của bậc thánh, giấy tờ mà có chữ nếu không còn dùng nữa thì phải đem đốt, không được đem vứt lung tung

[@nancyyan2194]

Education is the priority in China. Not surprised China has such a beautiful and comprehensive library

[@ngfamily1397]

The architecture of this library is breathtaking, modern, spacious, serving its purposes by providing an oasis in a crowded city where people can go to read, study, browse, meeting friends and relax. For the majority of library users, this is good enough.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

I agree 😁

[@soniasg5602]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤beautiful video!!! Thank you for sharing all this information. It's awesome and an eye opener 🥰👍

[@middlekingdomproductions]

@@soniasg5602 thank you very much ✌️🌻😁

[@HKChineseCanadian]

I love this public library. You are putting out incredible short China videos focused on a small area and I am so glad to find to channel. You should have a million subscribers in no time. Keep up the good work.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

You are very kind thank you very much 🙏🏻 I plan to continue to try to improve my content over the next few months. Maybe one million will be possible in the very distant future but 100k would be very nice. Lots of work and improvements and a bit of luck to be able to reach even that many I think. For now it’s just nice to be able to visit and share these amazing and interesting places in a peaceful and relaxing way.

[@owl6218]

lovely! that they have all works in chinese. that they have put in so much loving care in the architecture....we used to read too, in india, when we were children, we used to be so eager to get our hands on books...sadly, it does not happen now

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Yeah libraries here are really popular and they are often very nice buildings. It also happens less in the Uk. Does India still have libraries ?

[@omardabo1287]

Extraordinary, incredible, out of this world engineering masterpiece ❤. There's no way a public library should look like this beauty 😯😳

[@marvinfok65]

This is a great library, but I have seen an even better library in China. Chinese put their money into these for their people and not on wars!

[@JenHope118]

This one is good as well . If my memory serves me well, you are talking about the Shanghai library?

[@jennytravelmovie9682]

@@JenHope118深圳图书馆？Shenzhen Library

[@Gideonblade]

this library is massive

[@middlekingdomproductions]

@@Gideonblade yeah I think it has 10 million books and is the third largest in the country

[@Fordance100]

Beautiful. The most amazing thing was most of tables were occupied.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Yeah, every floor had many people working, reading and studying, its great to see a library being used by so many people of all ages.

[@PChan-yt4uf]

Yes, I was just going to comment that hardly anyone goes to yhr public library in my town. Hardly anyone reads anymore.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

@@PChan-yt4uf which town do you live in?

[@PChan-yt4uf]

@@middlekingdomproductions A town in Malaysia.

[@dianapoon9978]

The place is as peaceful, calm and beautiful as a mind full of knowledge and knowledgeable, but still eager to broaden their minds with more information.

[@gcmhxx]

多謝！

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Wow! Thank you very much 🙏🏻

[@verasinn9285]

I just returned from Chengdu last month, where I visited a recently opened library and art gallery complex. That was exceptionally beautiful and user friendly too. China also has marvellous bookstores everywhere.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Awesome! I hope to visit Chengdu in the future. China sure does have many interesting libraries and book stores. I filmed a beautiful book store in a recent video and filmed a few last year too. I'll be visiting more libraries in the near future. Where do you come from?

[@verasinn9285]

@@middlekingdomproductions I was born in Hk

[@joannachoy7979]

thank you for sharing this. this is one of best library i ever seen, people live in China is so fortune to have a nice library like this. it will be in my travel plan to visit.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Thank you for watching 😁

[@ajitsanghi7454]

Library? Jeez! Most people do not know it's meaning anymore in India. That's how backward we are regressing and degenerating into. Great Vlog My Dear.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Thank you

[@JenHope118]

Don't despair, by and by India's facilities would improve.

[@k.vn.k]

A good reminder at 6:27 “If you learned but not think, you are lost. If you think but do not learn, you are in great danger.” Do not learn blindly, do not think blindly.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

True, but also a good reminder that through experience and touch we can learn far more than through any act of thinking 😁✌️

[@侯嘉琪-t8s]

在中國各地方都有不同設計的圖書館。歡迎探索。❤

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Thank you. There definitely are many more interesting libraries I will visit in the future 😁

[@davidnimmo6006]

Lovely as usual. Music is great. It looks like a paradise compared to the library in my city.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Thanks David!

[@vsalasarcr]

Greetings, fantastic video, as always. Take care of yourself.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Hi Victor! Nice to hear from you, hope you are well. Take care 👍✌️

[@tswong2409]

Great video 🎉

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Thank you 😁

[@driftert5687]

Very nice

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Cheers 🙏🏻✌️

[@johnseah5678]

This video appears to be about the Nanjing Library (simplified Chinese: 南京图书馆; traditional Chinese: 南京圖書館; pinyin: Nánjīng Túshūguǎn) located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is the third-largest library in China with over 10 million items. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Library Please correct me if I'm wrong about the name of the library in this above video.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

That’s the correct library 👍😊

[@applebee9060]

I like how the elderly man treats the library as his home @5:35. So casually dressed.😅

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Haha yeah he looks comfortable there😁. When it’s 35-40 degrees everyday here in the summer you need to be 😂

[@applebee9060]

@@middlekingdomproductions he looked like he just walked into the library after having his morning walk and breakfast.

[@ngfamily1397]

Library is for the people, not elites.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

@@ngfamily1397 I don't think they are saying it's a bad thing 😀

[@middlekingdomproductions]

@@applebee9060 Yeah, he's very laid back, I like it. I see it quite often here, sometimes couples will head out in their slippers and pjs for a relaxed walk. I much prefer to see this than people spending hours worrying what they look like every time they go out.

[@ThatPakistaniDudee]

love your content ❤🎉..would love to meet you in nanjing

[@middlekingdomproductions]

thank you. feel free to send me an email. my email address is on my channel page.

[@JenHope118]

This library looks like a first world country's library...so beautiful 👍

[@johnseah5678]

Better than most first world countries' libraries!!

[@Thebarebones_]

That's a real page turner!

[@middlekingdomproductions]

haha

[@917amazon]

Unbelievable in Second tier city own a massive library.

[@johnseah5678]

The City of Nanjing used to be the imperial capital of China at one time. So the Nanjing Library keeps and preserves the detailed records and archives of that imperial era.

[@khanhlam7909]

👍

[@kaiki8490]

My library in winter is a nice warm place for hobos. A new shower in the library helps with the smell. But their clothes still stinks

[@rickykhoo7795]

There are also many fantastic libraries around the world 😮

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Yes, there are.

[@samwisegamgee289]

I enjoy seeing no sign of any kind of western culture practices

[@middlekingdomproductions]

What western cultural practices might you not want to see in a library? I spotted many shared cultural practices in this library, shared by many nations, west and east :)

[@samwisegamgee289]

@@middlekingdomproductions mcdonalds ! cars doing donuts at high speed and wreckless driving on city streets

[@lte23401]

👍👍❤❤🌹🌹

[@aegeanbo]

Did you check how many books have been taken off the shelves? Did you find Orwell's book and < animal Farm> ? How good is a library that does not made accessible these books?

[@regophil]

I am sure they don't keep a single copy of Gordan Chang's "The Coming Collapse of China"

[@vulcansaur]

I am sure people in China have access to these titles. Most people I know from China either have read or at least know these books.

[@n3g774]

Stop your speculation, the book '1984' is everywhere on online shopping malls

[@DeathobJail]

笑死。第一，奥威尔写《1984》是用来描写英国的；第二，这本书在中国任何地方都能买到

[@tedysubandy5299]

Is it free? Is there an entrance fee?

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Yeah, it’s free. You need to sign up for a free library card to enter some of the areas with books though, or to borrow a book.

[@MrMomo2022]

In the meantime, some librairies in the US. have druggies doing their fixes.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

I hope one day the whole world will be free of drug and other addictions 👍✌️🌻

[@rogerstarkey5390]

W.O.W.

[@Thebarebones_]

I asked our librarian if they had “Suicide For Dummies” but the librarian said nobody ever returned them.

[@azharidris7092]

OMG.. you are so funny.. I think i'm dead already.. that has got to be the best joke in the entire freaking universe..

[@Gerry-t1w]

Check this out: Same Sex Parenting For Dummies

[@kari2394]

😂😂😂

[@avil8686]

this proves that the book is very good, never failed anyone

[@PIT72100]

there are no libraries in the hypocrite of the United States..they are all illiterate...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@reignbird]

2:53 жизнеопнсание лол

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Born to run ? 😁

[@reignbird]

​@@middlekingdomproductions Was "born to run" the auto-translate lol? There's a typo on a book, should be "жизнеописание" and considering that И and H can be easily confused by software if they're scanned from a low res source it means that whoever made that book did not know russian well enough to fix the mistake.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

@@reignbird Was this the wrong video? 😂 I did film a Russian book in my Shanghai library video. They had quite a large Russian language collection. Yeah some translation can be a little strange or completely wrong lol

[@reignbird]

@@middlekingdomproductions Nope, from 2:49 to 2:53 of this exact video, two white books on the right say "Жизнеопнсание Михаила Булгакова" (Life-description of Mihail Bulgakov) with an aliexpress-style mistake. Like, if you ever browsed any english versions of chinese sites such mistakes are the norm on the internet. It's just weird to see it printed on a book.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

@@reignbird ah, I hadn’t noticed those books. That is unusual, it’s certainly common on signs and company names but I suppose whichever translation method they use with signs the published used for these books 😂 I guess it’s the downside of not employing somebody who knows both languages to translate

[@jctai100]

Hey! Where are all the homeless drug addicts and children screaming for blu-rentals???

[@yoshihito7408]

Kind reminder: all books are censored ☺️

[@johnseah5678]

And you think books are not censored by libraries in the west? For example, do you even have a complete set of the English language translation of the Babylonian Talmud that is accessible to all library users? Have you even heard of this set of books?

[@andrewzhang985]

Meanwhile in UK, a lot of libraries are closing down.

[@middlekingdomproductions]

@@andrewzhang985 unfortunately yes, but there are still some impressive libraries in the big UK cities, I filmed some for a future video 😁

[@peronliu6886]

HAHA, That's my hometown. I even own a library card!

[@middlekingdomproductions]

Haha cool 👍 where in the world are you now ?

[@PomegranateChocolate]

The value of a library is not in how impressive the library is but in the library's collection. What use of a library is if books that do not conform to the narrative of the CCP are banned? There are a lot of books I can think of that are banned because they rub the CCP the wrong way for one reason or another.

[@colonylaser4860]

Do u live in China? Been there? Read Chinese? Do u know the number of books we ban in Amerikkka? UpUrs.

[@PomegranateChocolate]

@@colonylaser4860 I do not live in China. Yes, I have been there. I read Chinese with native fluency. I don't know the number of books banned by America, but I do know several books that are banned in the PRC.

[@PomegranateChocolate]

Here are three examples: 1. The Private Life of Chairman Mao: This book talks about Mao's sordid life by Mao's personal physician. 2. Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng. This book talks about the events in the cultural revolution. 3. Books published by the Japanese detailing how Mao colluded with Japan during World War II.

[@PomegranateChocolate]

@@colonylaser4860 'Red Roulette' is another one that was published a couple of years ago. It is an autobiography of the author, who acted as Wen Jiabao's wife's 'white gloves'. This book revealed corruption at the highest level, siphoning billions of dollars from the common people. Like the other ones I mentioned, this one has a Chinese version. Good luck if you can find this in the Nanjing library.

[@Gerry-t1w]

​@@PomegranateChocolate Libraries are not landfills collecting trash. If you think the books you've listed can help build a harmonious society, please make some serious suggestions to the Nanjing Public Library and also ask the U.S. Congress to stop banning Confucius books in schools.

[@georwoogle]