North of Jinwen Street is Beijing Library. Formerly known as Shi Jing Library, it was established in 19 10, and its address is Guanghua Temple in Houhai Ya 'er Hutong. When Mr. Lu Xun was the director and chief of the Social Education Department of the Ministry of Education, the library was within his business scope. Diary19131kloc-0/October 29th: The Ministry has been working on the budget for three years (19 14) all day, discussing the reorganization of Shi Jing Library, and my mind is in a mess. On the afternoon of June 1 1, Director Xia went to the library. Diary1914 65438+10.6: In the morning, an official from the Ministry of Education came to Yun, and the book of Jehol Library had arrived in Beijing, so he went to the Ministry to discuss the temporary storage of the senior colonel, and then went to the senior colonel. After a long time, he asked to make a phone call. At that time, Yun had been transported to Wenhua Hall by the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then returned to the Ministry. It can be seen that Mr. Lu Xun spent a lot of effort in the construction and development of Shi Jing Library. Later, due to the low temperature in the Huasi building, which is not conducive to the collection of books and inconvenient transportation, it was moved to the Guan Xue Pavilion in Jiu Nan, imperial academy on 19 15. 1929 merged with Beiping Beihai Library and changed its name to "National Beiping Library". Later, due to the shortage of stacks in the library, a new library was built at 193 1, which is now the I-shaped building in the front of the library. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), it was renamed "Beijing Library". 1954, a six-story library was expanded behind the I-shaped building. In the past, most of the books that were boxed and stored and could not meet the readers were put on the shelves to meet the readers. 1983 has expanded Building 6 on the east side of the old building, facing the North Sea, which has changed the previous way of borrowing books and enabled readers to obtain the books they need quickly.

Beijing Library has a collection of more than 9 million books, and has preserved all publications and precious books such as ancient books, rare books, manuscripts, etc. since the founding of the People's Republic of China, including more than 300,000 rare books. It is also responsible for the national unified cataloging of books, interlibrary loan and book exchange with other countries in the world. At present, it has established a book giving and exchange relationship with more than 3000 units in more than 20 countries and regions. It is the national library with the richest collection and the most regulations in China. Provide important information on world culture, economy, science and technology, social history and other aspects for academic research from different angles such as reading, borrowing, taking photos, copying and reporting.

In front of the museum site, the State Council is adjacent to Beihai in the east, with red walls and green tiles, and bamboo doors with gold nails. On both sides of the door are a pair of dashing stone lions. The loose walls in the yard are gray. There are four gardens and two China watches, standing solemnly beside the pine wall. The pavilion monument under the East Wall and the Beiping Library monument under the West Wall (written by Cai Yuanpei and written by Qian, 193 1 June 25th, 2008) complement each other, making the whole courtyard beautiful and elegant. The stone lion in front of the gate, the huabiao in the courtyard, the Wen Yuan Pavilion and the stone tablet in the museum were all moved from the ruins of Yuanmingyuan when the museum was built in the 1930s. One hundred years ago, imperialist robbers not only burned down the three grand and beautiful Yuanming gardens in China, but also burned the handwritten "Four Ku Quanshu" preserved in Wenyuan Pavilion. The brutal plunder of robbers reminds us that the descendants of the Chinese people must "destroy their riding with sticks and swords, and don't call thorns without bronze camels." (Quoted from Wu's Poems of since the enlightenment)