This September, 2022, the Hangzhou branch of the National Edition Pavilion was really hot. I feel that half of Hangzhou people are booking tickets, which is as difficult as the Spring Festival Evening. Even the reserved scalper appeared on the idle fish. Of course, many people went to the print gallery, which is a fresh picture. Most of them went to Wang Shu's fame and the construction of the version museum itself. To be fair, it's really beautiful to look at the photos taken by those online celebrities.

I also have some opinions on this.

I looked through the official manuscript and two sentences caught my attention. In the first sentence, the official definition of the nature of the version pavilion is as follows: the core function of the version pavilion is preservation, display, research and communication, and all kinds of version resources bearing the imprint of Chinese civilization at all times and all over the world are included in the collection scope. It is a comprehensive venue that integrates the functions of library, archives, museums and exhibition halls.

This sentence is very clear, "all kinds of versions of resources bearing the imprint of Chinese civilization are included in the collection scope", so what is a "version"? I looked up "Introduction to Textology" and found that the extension and connotation of "Textology" are constantly changing.

At first, "version" and "book" both referred to the carrier of writing. When the ancients wrote books, bamboo and wood were widely used. Bamboo is very long and can only be made into strips. It is called Jane. When the wood area is large, it is called a board (board), and the board is generally one foot square. When the ancients wrote letters, they usually used wooden boards, so letters were also called letters. Guan Zi Zhou He: "So, I won't give up, I will continue to study." Tang Yin Zhang Zhi's Note: "Edition, Xie Ye."

And "Ben" refers to "book", that is, scroll silk and other writing carriers. Because the number of words in writing a book with bamboo slips is limited, when a large number of contents need to be copied, the ancients used silk books instead, and after writing for a long time, they rolled them up for easy preservation. There must be a shaft inside to facilitate winding. There are many scrolls on the bookshelf, with their heads exposed. This spindle head is the so-called "book".

By the Song Dynasty, printing had made great progress. At that time, people called printed books edition books, and books that were not engraved were books. The word "edition" refers to both block prints and manuscripts.

In modern times, the form of books has been greatly expanded. When recording books, bibliophiles not only include manuscripts, school-based, postscript, movable type books, but also include printed editions, rubbings, mimeographs, etc. As a version. Therefore, the meaning of edition has become the general name of all different forms of publications.

So you see, with the change of content form, the concept of "version" is actually changing and adapting to the new era. Then in the new era, I think the concept of "version" can be further extended. For example, the Hangzhou Branch of the National Edition Library takes the first line of Alibaba's health code engine code as one of its collections.

This sounds incredible at first, but when you think about it, isn't virtual code equivalent to modern mimeograph? It itself is the carrier of words, and it is logical to include it in the collection.

Again, the second sentence:

The strategic orientation of "national culture+Song Yun+Zhejiang characteristics+modern elements" determines that Hangzhou Branch Library is the architectural style of Song Yun Jiangnan Garden.

The core of the overall style of Hangzhou Branch Library is "Song Yun". The so-called "Song Rhyme" that many people understand is mainly manifested in the external architectural style that Teacher Wang Shu is responsible for. Wang Shu believes that the architectural features of the Song Dynasty can be summarized as follows:

The first is the special plane layout, focusing on the collocation with the natural landscape. This expression can be seen everywhere in the landscape paintings of the Song Dynasty, and the most prominent feature is the feeling of reserve.

The second is a natural and true architectural system, with wood structure as the main body, supplemented by earth, stone, brick and bamboo, and the most distinctive one is of course the bucket arch.

The third way is to land on a shallow foundation, just like putting it gently on the ground, keeping the minimum contact with nature.

The fourth is a hyperbolic roof, like the wings of a big bird, which is elegant when taking off.

The fifth is comfortable details of life, focusing on the quality of daily life.

The last point is simple and elegant architectural aesthetics.

These characteristics have been applied to Hangzhou Edition Pavilion.

But in fact, the so-called "Song Yun" I understand not only refers to the architectural design style, but also implies that Hangzhou, as the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, is elegant in the Song Dynasty, and also refers to the insurmountable peak of "Edition Studies".

Song Dynasty, the golden age of block printing, the so-called wealth is not as good as "Song Edition". The value of Song edition books can be seen.

Why is Song Dynasty the golden age of block printing?

First, there are three kinds of book engraving systems in Song Dynasty: official engraving, workshop engraving and private engraving. Developed industries are beyond the previous dynasties.

Second, rich printed content. According to the History of Song Dynasty, there are books 1304 volumes and classics 13608 volumes. Far more than the Tang Dynasty.

Thirdly, from the art of design and production, the Song version of the book is exquisite, and its superb skills have not been surpassed by future generations. People in Song Dynasty carved books, and the calligraphy of fonts was very artistic. European style, Yan style and Liu Ti style have their own characteristics, and a large number of literati have also participated in the printing industry, including calligraphers such as Su Shi and Zhu.

They personally presided over the engraving of books and published a large number of classics and documents. At that time, writers mainly wrote about Europe, Yan and Liu, but there was often a gap with the orthodox writing, which formed the artistic effect of "similarity and dissimilarity" between the fonts of Song books and calligraphers. It is this artistic effect that makes the printed books more attractive, so that later generations call the font of the carved books in the Song Dynasty "Song Style".

Not only is the font distinctive, but the book binding is also quite clever. In the Song Dynasty, the butterfly coat and the bag-back coat were the two main binding forms of the Song edition books, among which the butterfly coat was the most unique and famous.

In addition, the paper and ink materials used in the Song edition books are also very particular. For example, leather paper is used as printing paper. Because of its excellent toughness, leather paper can fully meet the requirements of painters and calligraphers in quality, shape and format, and has become the first choice of ancient senior literati.

These characteristics constitute the unique "charm" of the Song version of the book.

Therefore, I think that apart from promoting the architectural rhyme of the Song Dynasty, the Edition Museum can actually emphasize the charm of the Song Edition Book, and use the Song Edition Book to get a glimpse of the Edition, so that visitors can better understand the significance and importance of the Edition.

Finally, I personally hold an open attitude towards the National Edition Pavilion. Its appearance in this era has a great responsibility and mission to collect the imprint of Chinese civilization for future generations, and it is also expected that the Hangzhou branch of the National Edition Library will show the richness of the edition to everyone through more diverse forms.