The full name of World Book Day is World Book and Copyright Day, which is also translated as World Book Day. The original idea came from the International Association of Publishers. 1995, UNESCO declared April 23rd as "World Reading Day". 20 19 April 23rd is the 24th World Book Day.

The first "reading day" in the modern sense can be traced back to 1926, when the Spanish King first established the "Spanish Freedom Festival", and the birthday of the great writer Cervantes was taken as the celebration day of this festival. The celebration of 1930 was moved to April 23rd, the anniversary of Cervantes' death, which happened to be the popular festival of Saint George's Day in Catalonia. Legend has it that the warrior George slew a dragon to save the princess and got a gift from the princess-a book, symbolizing knowledge and strength. On this day, Catalan women will send a book to their husbands or boyfriends, and men will return a rose. As a result, the number of books decreased by 65,438+00%, and the price of roses suddenly rose. This is the origin of World Book Day. Coincidentally, this day is the anniversary of the death of Cervantes, Shakespeare and Vega, as well as American writer Nabokov and French writer Maurice. Birthdays of many writers, such as Nobel Prize in Literature laureates Derouen and laxness in Iceland.

The Significance of World Reading Day

From 65438 to 0995, UNESCO passed a resolution to designate April 23rd of each year as "World Reading Day". Since then, people have become more and more aware of the importance of reading and loving books, and have also begun to establish a sense of respecting intellectual property rights and strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and copyrights. So today, let's further explore the significance of World Book Day.

This is the call of true feelings, and this is a deep memory. Regardless of color and country, people express their confidence and hope for the development of human civilization in this festival. In this world trend, our enthusiasm is increasing day by day-reading more books and reading good books is becoming the knowledge and demand of our whole society today, and a fresh reading wind is blowing head on.

Books are the carrier of human knowledge and culture and the crystallization of human wisdom. It can break through the limitation of time and space and realize the spread, exchange and integration of knowledge and culture in different times and regions. Reading is an important means for people to acquire knowledge and information and an important way for people to absorb spiritual energy. From 65438 to 0972, UNESCO issued a call to the whole world to "move towards a reading society", requiring all members of society to read books and make reading an indispensable part of people's daily life.