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National Library of China  国家图书馆

Address: 33 Zhongguancun Nandajie, Haidian District, Beijing
Chinese Address:  北京市海淀区中关村南大街33号
Hours:  Daily 9am-9pm
Phone: 010-8854 5593/4089
Website:
www.nlc.gov.cn/en/indexen.htm

The old National Library building, completed in 1987, was listed as one of Beijing's "top ten architectural landmarks of the
1980s", but at 12,000 a day, visitors had long since outgrown its capacity and a new building had been planned several years
ago. Shaped like a gigantic book, the construction of new 1.2 billion yuan complex started in late 2004. It has 2,900 seats in its
80,000 square meter area and is expected to be able to meet increasing demand for the next 30 years.  The completion of the
new building makes the National Library of China the largest library in Asia and the world's third largest library with a great
range of English and other foreign language editions, including periodicals and academic titles. Foreigners can only access the
books at the library and are not permitted to borrow, but the selection makes it well worth the trip. Their website has a
searchable online database that is available in both Chinese and English. Reader's cards are available for RMB 5/month or
RMB 20/year. It’s also home to China’s famed oracle bones and thousands of historically valuable papers. For rare book fans,
the biggest attraction of National Library of China Phase II building will be on the first floor, where a special glass room houses
original copies of the Siku Quanshu (Complete Library of the Four Branches of Literature – a huge Encyclopedia project
initiated by the Qing Emperor Qianlong, who reigned from 1735 to 1796).

Notable collection and items in the library are:

  • a collection of over 270,000 ancient and rare Chinese books and historical documents, and over 1,640,000 traditional
    thread-bound Chinese books;
  • over 35,000 inscriptions on oracle bones and tortoise shells from the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th–11th Century BC)
  • more than 16,000 volumes of precious historical Chinese documents and manuscripts from the Mogao Caves in
    Dunhuang
  • copies of Buddhist sutras dating to the 6th century;
  • old maps, diagrams, and rubbings from ancient inscriptions on metal and stone;
  • rare copies of ancient manuscripts and books of Five Dynasties periods, including a large number of ancient manuscript
    volumes on different subjects;
  • books and archives from imperial libraries dating to the Southern Song Dynasty (c. 1127)
  • the most complete suriving Ming Dynasty copies of the Yongle Encyclopedia ("Great Canon of the Yongle Era");
  • a copy of the Siku Quanshu ("Complete Library of the Four Branches of Literature") of the Qing Dynasty;[9]
  • and essential literary and books collection from Qing Dynasty's imperial colleges and renowned private collectors.
中国国家图书馆

中国国家图书馆是中国的国家图书馆,中国国家图书馆旧称北京图书馆, 位于北京市海淀区白石桥南长河畔,紫竹院公园旁。
国家图书馆1987年落成,总馆占地7.24公顷,建筑面积14万平方米,国家图书馆的主楼为双塔形高楼,通体以蓝色为基调,
取其用水慎火之意。主楼采用双重檐形式,孔雀蓝琉璃瓦大屋顶,淡乳灰色的瓷砖外墙,花岗岩基座的石阶,再配以汉白玉栏
杆,地上书库19层,地下书库3层,书库建筑面积6万平方米,设计藏书能力2000万册。裙楼分布在主楼两侧,并形成两个面
积甚大的天井,天井内为花园,形成楼中有园的独特景致,群楼地上5层底下1层,分布着图书馆的各个功能单元,设有个各具
特色的阅览室46个,其中开架阅览室23个。该建筑还曾被评为“八十年代北京十大建筑”榜首。

国家图书馆二期工程和国家数字图书馆工程于2003年~2007年间建设。位于北京市海淀区中关村南大街33号,位于国家图书
馆北侧,原预留用地。“中国国家图书馆二期工程暨国家数字图书馆工程”总建筑面积79,899平方米,工程分为地下三层和地上
五层,内部没有阅览室,全部是开放式阅读空间,读者座位 2,700余个,日均接待读者能力6,000-8,000人次。扩建完成后中
国国家图书馆的馆舍面积达到25万平方米。工程完工后,中国国家图书馆将成为全球最大的中文数字资源基地和中国最先进的
网络服务基地。同时也是国内最先进的信息网络服务基地。也让国家图书馆成为了仅次于美国国会图书馆、莫斯科图书馆的世
界第三大图书馆。新国家图书馆最大的亮点是,把镇馆之宝——《四库全书》放在全馆的正中央,普通读者也能近距离接触,
共享其中的精粹。

中国国家图书馆的藏书可上溯到700多年前的南宋皇家缉熙殿藏书,最早的典藏可以远溯到3000多年前的殷墟甲骨。国家图书
馆的馆藏文献中珍品特藏包括善本古籍、甲骨金石拓片、中国古旧舆图、敦煌遗书、少数民族图籍、名人手稿、中国少数民族
文献、革命历史文献、家谱、地方志和普通古籍等260多万册(件)。外文善本中最早的版本为1473-1477年间印刷的欧洲
“摇篮本”。这部分藏品极为珍贵,闻名遐迩,世界瞩目。截至到2005年,中国国家图书馆的藏书容量达2500多万册,其中价值
连城的古籍善本就有200余万册,著名的《永乐大典》、《四库全书》等举不胜举。其中尤以“四大专藏”即“敦煌遗书”、“赵城
金藏”、“永乐大典”和“文津阁四库全书”最受瞩目。2007年6月8日,中国国家图书馆获得国家文化部颁布的首届文化遗产日奖。

国家图书馆
  
地址:北京市 海淀区 中关村南大街33号 国家图书馆
  
乘车线路:特4路、地铁4号线(未运营)、特6路、地铁9号线(未运营)、86路、运通105 线、运通106线、运通205线、
319路、320路、320区间、332路、634路、645路、653路、689路、695路、697路、717路、 732路、808路、814路
  站名:国家图书馆
  
文津街分馆
  地址:北京市西城区文津街7号 国家图书馆古籍馆
  乘车路线:5、14、55、101、103、109、124、812、814、846,在北海站下车后往西或在府右街站下车后往东。
  
国家图书馆网址:
http://www.nlc.gov.cn
Location Map of National Library of China - Beijing
Location Map of National Library of China - Beijing
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