The Gansu Provincial Library (), also known as the Gansu Library, is a
Lanzhou
Lanzhou (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. H ...
-based
comprehensive and research-oriented
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 No. 488, Nanbinhe East Road,
Chengguan District,
Lanzhou City
Lanzhou (, ; ) is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. Located on the banks of the Yellow River, it is a key regional transportation hub, connecting areas further west by rail to the eastern half of the country. H ...
.
In 2008, Gansu Provincial Library was included in the first batch of the list of National Key Protection Unit for Ancient Books in China.
History
Gansu Provincial Library was established in 1916, initially named the Gansu Public Library, and was later renamed several times, receiving its current name in 1953.
In 1966, the ''
Complete Library of the Four Treasuries
The ''Complete Library of the Four Treasuries'' (or the ''Siku Quanshu'') was the largest collection of books in Chinese history with 36,381 volumes (册, Cè), 79,337 manuscript rolls (卷, Juàn), 2.3 million pages and about 997 million words ...
'' collected by the ''Wenyuange'' was moved from
Shenyang to Lanzhou and kept in the special bookshelf of Gansu Provincial Library. In 2005, the Book Collection Hall of Wenyuange ''Complete Library of the Four Treasuries'' was inaugurated, and the collection was moved to the new hall.
See also
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National first-class library
The national first-class, first-level or first-grade libraries (in ) are state-level libraries that have been deliberated and decided upon by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The seventh evaluation was conducted in 2023.
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References
National first-grade libraries of China
Public libraries in China
Buildings and structures in Lanzhou
Libraries established in 1916
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