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A brief introduction to the origin of World Reading Day
In this season of spring blooming and everything growing, we have ushered in the annual World Reading Day. So, do you know the origin of World Reading Day? The following is a brief introduction to the origin of World Reading Day compiled by me. Welcome to read and share.

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A brief introduction to the origin of World Reading Day

From 65438 to 0995, UNESCO declared April 23rd every year as "World Reading Day", aiming at encouraging the global reading atmosphere and habits and guiding the whole world, especially teenagers, to discover the fun of reading. But why set "World Reading Day" on April 23rd?

The inspiration for UNESCO to choose April 23rd as World Reading Day comes from a beautiful legend. April 23rd, as a symbol of world literature, has special significance in the field of world literature. This day is the day when Spanish writer Cervantes and English writer Shakespeare died at the same time, which also happens to be Shakespeare's birthday. In addition, this day is also the birthday or anniversary of some other famous writers in the world. Therefore, it is meaningful to designate April 23rd as World Reading Day.

From 65438 to 0972, UNESCO issued a call to the whole world to "move towards a reading society", asking all members of society to read books, making books a necessity of life and reading an indispensable part of everyone's daily life.

1995165438+10/5 According to the proposal of Spain, UNESCO officially designated April 23rd as "World Book and Copyright Day" and renamed it "World Reading Day" (also known as 1996). Since then, every year on this day, all kinds of reading-related activities will be widely carried out around the world.

Data show that since the establishment of World Reading Day, more than 100 countries and regions have participated in this activity. Many countries will carry out colorful activities on this day, week or month. Libraries, media, publishing houses, schools, shops, communities and other organizations will do some things to encourage people to read, such as giving books, reading and acting. Turn the publicity activities of reading into a lively and joyful festival.

Motto about reading.

Read thousands of books and take Wan Li Road. -Dong Qichang

There is a road in the mountain of books, but there is no limit to learning the sea. -Han Yu

Reading breaks thousands of volumes, and writing is like a god. -Du Fu

Any valuable knowledge I have learned comes from self-study. -Darwin

A lazy youth, a lousy age. -Zhang Dai

Teenagers only know how to play, but don't know how to study hard. When they are old, they regret why they didn't know how to study hard when they were young. -Yan Zhenqing

The edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.

Jade is uncut, and people don't know righteousness without learning.

Read, read, read. -Bing Xin

Books are the ladder of human progress. Gorky

A good book is the precious blood of a great mind. Milton

There can be no real education without reading, and there can be no discrimination at the same time. Aleksandr Herzen

A book, like a ship, leads us from a narrow place to an infinite ocean of life. Keller

Without books, you can't win the battle of ideas, just as you can't win the naval battle without ships. Roosevelt

The evaluation of a city depends on how many bookstores it has. -Rubenstein

A house without books is like a body without soul. -Cicero

Creative books spread in dark times, just like some sunshine shining on the desolate desert, in order to turn darkness into light. These books are epoch-making works in the history of human spirit. With their principles, people are moving towards new discoveries. Books are faithful mirrors that shine the hearts of sages and heroes into our hearts. -Gibbon (UK)

Reading can nurture the young and comfort the old. Reading can promote happiness, eliminate disasters and solve troubles. Bring you happiness at home; Being away from home makes you relaxed and happy. -(ancient Rome) Cicero

Books are companions at night. When you open it, it will make you forget the difficulties suppressed in your heart; Books impart knowledge to you and increase your talents; Never jealous, nor so bad as hatred; It always completes your trust seriously, and no matter how long it takes, it will never betray the oath of friendship. -Ali ibn Zakheim

I am as obsessed with books as a miser is with his treasure. I firmly believe that I can enjoy it as long as I want; I am content to enjoy this right. Whenever I set out on the road, I always hope to have a book to accompany me. -Montaigne (France)

The love of books is the pride and glory of my life. I don't want to trade my library for all the Indian gems. My library is the foundation of my works and the greatest pleasure of life. -Gibbon (UK)

There are three ways to read, namely, heart, eyes and mouth. -Zhu

Ask where the canal is so clear, because there is running water at the source. -Zhu's reading thought

Six benefits of reading.

(1) Have fun

Enrich your leisure time. Reading allows you to use words as a bridge to enter the fate of others and the hearts of masters. The ups and downs of stories and the agitation of thoughts are all important sources of life fun. Others will say, "I have never found reading interesting." Yes, this is one of the sticking points, and the reason is simple-your reading ability is not enough. If your reading ability only grasps the meaning of words, you can't understand the interests contained in words, you can't turn words into your own knowledge and energy, and you just read for reading, reading is a chore. To appreciate the pleasure of reading, you need a deeper understanding and empathy, and more is to turn the contents of the book into your own practical experience. In reading, understanding is fun and input is fun. When you read more books and improve your understanding, you can read the fate of the characters behind the words, the unknown feeling in the grand universe, the thought and logic behind the story, and the infinite rich connotation, and you will deeply feel the double shock of emotion and thought. At this time, the attraction of reading naturally arises.

Montesquieu said: "Like reading is equivalent to turning the lonely Guang Chen in life into a moment of great enjoyment." For those who love reading, reading is the best entertainment in the world. If you just played games, watched online dramas and brushed your mobile phone before, try reading! Let's start with Keigo Higashino's books or those novels that are easy to understand and knowledgeable, such as Bookstore on the Island, The Kite Runner and Santi. Read slowly and read more books, and you will soon realize that these works are much more advanced than Mary Su's online articles, online dramas and overbearing presidents falling in love with me. What kind of entertainment and leisure is an important symbol to measure the quality of life. Mahjong and reading club are obviously different groups. People who say that Xiaohua's legs are thin or thick in idol dramas are different from those who say how human beings got to where they are today. What kind of person you want to be depends on yourself.

(2) Solving problems

When there are problems in life, we can have many solutions: consulting others, searching online, signing up for micro-classes, participating in various master classes ... these may all help you find solutions, but reading is undoubtedly the most convenient and reliable method. For example, you are a novice mother, and various problems emerge in the process of parenting. Besides complaining while eating, asking questions, searching online and even looking for professionals, there is also a good way to find some good parenting books, which can quickly improve your parenting level from methods to concepts.

There are really too many people who become better mothers through reading. This is a very powerful reading goal, which will give you incredible motivation. When the child is asleep, nursing in the middle of the night, and tired all day, you will pick up a parenting encyclopedia or love and freedom with great interest. For example, if you feel that there is something wrong with your relationship with your mother, which leads to your psychological problems, you can also read some books to find out what's wrong with you before going to a psychologist, such as the fetters of maternal love, don't control me with love, why do family members hurt people? If you have a high degree of understanding and are not serious, you can solve it by reading books yourself and become your own psychologist. I know that many people who study psychology and fall in love with psychology are eager to solve their psychological problems or those of their relatives and friends.

If you feel that your "memory" is not enough in your career, which affects your career development, don't hesitate to start reading professional books and practicing your "internal skills". Only when your skills are improved can you seize the opportunity when it comes. These clear and urgent goals aimed at solving problems will make you hungry for knowledge in a short time and quickly form the habit of reading. Once the habit is formed, whenever you encounter a problem, you should learn to solve it through reading and learning. This is a gesture of eternal progress and wisdom.

(c) increase skills and knowledge.

From primary school to university, we are basically learning skills and knowledge, but don't think that we don't need to learn new knowledge after work. Knowledge is updated too quickly in this era. If we act with this old concept again, we will soon be left behind without waiting for the arrival of the era of artificial intelligence. Most of those who rely on their old age to sell their old age at work and complain that their young colleagues are not as experienced as themselves and why they are promoted faster than themselves are such old guys who have lost confidence.

What we can learn from books is not only the knowledge of literature, history, science, psychology and other disciplines we usually know, but also many practical knowledge and skills closely related to our life and work, such as how to improve the level of public speaking, how to make our home cleaner, how to make our marriage happier ... There are many books that are both scientific and practical. A book is a professional coach as long as you find the right method. The problem is that you should not only learn to choose books, but also learn to apply what you have learned. I will talk about these issues in the following chapters on "Selecting Books" and "Applying". Even if it is serious subject knowledge, there are many books that are better to read and easier to master than you think. I read too many textbooks in my early years. Those boring writing methods, unfocused structural features and strict or even rigid teaching methods are the important reasons why many people are at a loss when it comes to subject knowledge.

However, please believe me, now that you have grown up, you don't have to worry about your parents, your teachers or studying for exams. As long as you find the right way to read, you will learn more knowledge and skills with higher efficiency, and your life may be "open" from now on. If our reading goal is to increase knowledge and skills, please refine this goal to make it closely related to your practical interests and current work life, and then find a suitable book according to the goal, plunge into it, read it thoroughly, read it carefully, and then apply what you have learned, so that you can really read the book as your own.

For example, you want to improve your eloquence, so you bought books such as The Power of Speech and Effective Speech. But in fact, you don't have many opportunities to speak in public, you don't have a deep understanding of the strategies and main points in the book, and you don't have any practical opportunities after reading it. Looking around will make you feel less useful. It's better to read Speak Well: Fresh and Interesting Speech Improvement Skills produced by Ma Dong, or the classic Non-violent Communication. The lecture methods taught in the book can be used everywhere in your life. When you see changes and results, you are most motivated.

(D) to improve the value of social charm

The ancients said that "the belly is full of poetry books", the temperament is good, and the charm value naturally rises. However, this is a few years ago. If you want to improve your social charm by reading, read more books, think more and increase topics, so that you can chat with others, which sounds like a very shallow goal, but it is not. You know, the reason why books are made is not for the public to see and for more people to be educated. Because the first batch of books is difficult and expensive, ordinary people simply have no conditions to contact them. In addition to recording important events in the country, some people with money, leisure and culture write them to show their talents and communicate with people in the same class and circle. Later, with the invention of papermaking and printing, the popularization of books became possible and was used by the intellectual class and the ruling class to educate the people. Therefore, the social function of books has always existed, especially in our online and offline social era.

There is a fashionable word called "social currency", which means that individuals in society consume and use their own knowledge and experience when they gain others' sense of identity and connection. In fact, it is also talking about capital, that is, when you socialize with others, you use topics to shape your self-image. For example, if you are familiar with A Brief History of Mankind, you can quote the opinions in the book when chatting, so that others will think that you are knowledgeable and profound in analysis, which is your consumption of social money; People agree with you and are willing to chat with you. This is the sense of identity and connection you get, and it is also something that social money can buy. Socialization is an important manifestation of human sociality, and the sense of identity and connection is the most needed feeling for people to live in this society, which can be obtained through reading. How nice! So, the next time you hear someone say, "I want to read more bestsellers, so that I can talk more, so as not to be at a loss when others tell the latest popular books at the next friend's party", you will know that this is actually a very good and driving reading goal.

(5) Brain training

Previous brain science thought that the brain could only develop once, and brain neurons could not regenerate after death. Later, more and more scientists found that both brain neurons and synapses can be regenerated, and the positions of the areas responsible for various functions in the brain are changing at any time. If the brain is stimulated repeatedly and effectively, the original function of the brain can be strengthened and improved. Calculation, memory and manual work are all methods to stimulate the brain to re-develop, and reading words is one of the most convenient and effective methods. Seeing words and then understanding their contents, and then understanding the meaning of their infinite extension, is a very complicated operation process for the brain, which is much more tortuous than looking at pictures and images, and has the greatest effect on improving the thinking function of the brain.

The complexity of brain is beyond our imagination. Only in recent years have brain scientists figured out how people's brains work when they read. The process of reading is a process in which the glyphs in books and the pronunciations of words are combined with each other, and the brain transforms them into images and meanings. At this time, an effective neural circuit is constructed in the neurons of the brain. The process of continuous reading is the process of constantly stimulating neurons and constantly establishing new circuits, which is the acquisition of the brain. This is a spiral process of perfection, and our thinking is from simple to complex, from single to multiple, and there is no end.

It is not difficult to imagine how different the brains of people who often read books will be from those who don't. People who often study and read are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease in their later years, because they are constantly exercising their brains.

(6) Self-improvement

The goal of building a value system is relatively high, which is basically similar to "becoming a better person". But for many people who change their fate because of reading, it is a real thing. Every healthy and normal person living in this society should build a self-consistent logical system, which is the criterion of our actions and the meaning of life. Different logical systems make different lives. The logic system has a high version and a low version. If you want to upgrade the low-end version to the high-end version, you have to learn this. Finding the right direction and reading a lot, especially reading books that are higher than your current cognition, is the fastest way to improve your cognitive system. Every time there is any breaking news, people will queue up and have a quarrel online. Most people don't participate in this boring argument, but their thinking will still be led by the nose by those big and "explosive" net articles. It makes sense to read this article, and it makes sense to read that article. Why can these authors see so deeply and from such a unique angle? When you realize this, it is time for you to upgrade your cognitive and thinking system. There are two books that can help you at this time. One is to learn to ask questions, and the other is to think and stand. Both of them are books of critical thinking, which teach you a set of ways of thinking that transcend prejudice and look at things objectively and deeply.

Deep literary works are the best teaching materials to enhance the cognitive system. A Dream of Red Mansions' insight into human nature, War and Peace's insight into war, Gone with the Wind's insight into the great era, and Dover in john cleese's insight into fate, as long as you read it and sink into it, you will certainly refresh some parts of your three views and accompany the characters in the book to the world of that era. There are also social science works such as "A Brief History of Everything" and "A Brief History of Mankind", which lead you to know the universe through words and make you think about human past lives from another angle. After reading it heartily, some parts of you have quietly changed, and you have become a broader and deeper person.

Takashi Saito, a professor at Meiji University in Japan, said in his book Super Reading: "We meet all kinds of books, inject knowledge and literacy into our minds and build a network to make our spirit as rich as a jungle." This is a difficult road, which requires high reading ability, learning ability and self-discipline awareness. As Dr. Parker, the author of The Road Few People Walk, said: "Self-discipline is the primary tool to solve life problems and an important means to eliminate the pain of life. Through self-discipline, we know how to benefit from learning and growth with a firm and brave attitude when facing problems. "

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