Library, an ancient building in China where books are collected and read. The earliest library buildings in China are found in the court, such as Tianlu Pavilion and Shiqu Pavilion in Han Dynasty. After the Song Dynasty, with the popularization of papermaking and printed books, people also built libraries.
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Wenyuan Pavilion is located in the southeast of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing and northwest of Donghuamen. It was built in the forty years of Qing Qianlong (1775) and is collected by the Palace Museum.
Wenyuan Pavilion, located in the Yuanmingyuan, was built in the 40th year of Qianlong (1775) and caught fire in the 10th year of Xianfeng (1860) when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded.
Wenjinge, located at the foot of the northwest plain of the Summer Resort (now Chengde City, Hebei Province), was founded in the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong (1774), and its collection was transported to Beijing in 19 15, and now it belongs to the National Library.
Wenshui Pavilion, located on the west side of the Forbidden City in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, was built in the forty-seventh year of Qianlong (1782). It is the most complete and least lost of the seven libraries, and it is now owned by Liaoning Provincial Library.
Wenhui Pavilion, located in Daguantang, Jiangdu County, Jiangsu Province (now Yangzhou City), was built in forty-five years of Qianlong (1780) and destroyed by fire in four years of Xianfeng (1854).
Wenzong Pavilion, located in Jinshan Temple, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, was built in the forty-fourth year of Qianlong (1779) and destroyed by fire in the third year of Xianfeng (1853).
Wenlan Pavilion, located in the south of the isolated mountain in West Lake, Hangzhou, is the only pavilion among the three pavilions in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Founded in the forty-seventh year of Qianlong (1782), it was destroyed in the eleventh year of Xianfeng (186 1), and some books were lost. It was rebuilt in the sixth year of Guangxu (1880) and now belongs to Zhejiang.
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