Located in the East Third Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Capital Library is a comprehensive large-scale public library in Beijing. It is a "national first-class library" assessed by the former Ministry of People and Culture of China, and the first batch of "national key protection units of ancient books".
The history of Capital Library can be traced back to 19 13, which was formed by the merger of Shi Jing Library Branch, Shi Jing Public Library and Central Park Library initiated by Mr. Lu Xun. After the Northern Expedition Revolution, the original three libraries were renamed and merged several times and changed to Beijing No.1 Library. 1953, renamed Beijing Library; 1956 10 month, officially named Capital Library.
Official website information of the Library in September 2065438+2008 shows that the Capital Library has a building area of 37,000 square meters, 20 reading rooms, more than 4,000 reading seats and a collection of 8.45 million books (pieces), including nearly 500,000 ancient books (pieces) and more than 6,000 rare books. The precious ancient book Che Wang Mi Qu Ben contains the manuscripts of various operas and folk arts.