The Sichuan Provincial Library (), also known as the Sichuan Library, is a

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

-based comprehensive provincial-level

public library A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil service, civil servants. There are ...

, located at Tianfu Square. It was formed on 20 October 1912, then named the Sichuan Province-established Library, which is one of the earliest public libraries established in China.

History

Sichuan Provincial Library was prepared in the third year of

Xuantong Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...

(1909) and opened for service in the first year of the Republic of China (1912). It was officially named the Sichuan Provincial Library in 1952. In June 2019, Sichuan Provincial Library established the Zhang Daqian Documentation Centre. On 11 October 2020, the ''Long Scroll of 100 Pictures of Giant Pandas Thangka'' debuted at the Sichuan Provincial Library.

References

{{coord missing, Sichuan Libraries in China Buildings and structures in Sichuan Libraries established in 1912