The reporter learned from the Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences on the 29th that the institute was successfully selected as the “National Key Protection Unit of Ancient Books” and recently held the unveiling ceremony.
At present, there are more than 130,000 volumes of ancient books in the collection of Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences, among which there are many rare treasures, such as Tongzhi, the revised edition of the Yuan Dynasty, Qingfeng Ancestral Record of the Ming Zhengde, Wenshi of the Ming Jiajing, Gong Shi Record of the Qing Dynasty, etc., as well as a large number of rare Ming and Qing Dynasty engravings, manuscripts, and collections of famous proofreading titles. Among them, 58 kinds of ancient books were selected in the “List of Precious Ancient Books in Guangdong Province” and 4 kinds of ancient books were selected in the “List of National Precious Ancient Books”.
Guo Yuewen, Party Secretary of Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences, said that the vast ancient books embody the spiritual roots of the Chinese nation, carry the wisdom essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and are treasures of human civilization. The institute should take the opportunity of winning the “National Key Protection Unit of Ancient Books” as its driving force, do a good job in the protection of ancient books, establish and improve the management system of ancient books resources and assets, and enhance the protection ability; We should do a good job in the excavation, collation, research and interpretation of ancient books, and enrich the history and culture of the whole society; It is necessary to actively cultivate and strengthen the echelon of ancient books talents, so that more outstanding young talents can devote themselves to the research and utilization of ancient books protection; We should humbly learn from the key protection units of ancient books in the whole province and even the whole country, strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and jointly contribute to the promotion of the inheritance and protection of ancient books in Lingnan, the census and protection and utilization of cultural resources in Lingnan, and the inheritance and development of Chinese excellent traditional culture. (Reporter Cheng Jingwei)