Bookstores support the city at the spiritual level, providing another way of pursuing dreams. In the era of the Internet, it is really a chill to spend an afternoon reading in a bookstore.
Book Mountains
Located in Phoenix Square, Zhenjiang, the bookstore attracts countless young people who love culture and arts only for its huge collection of books – 80,000 books, which has set a record for all bookstores in Zhenjiang.
Book Mountains is adjacent to Beigu Mountain, and readers here can look far into the Yangtze River. With a total area of 4,800 square meters, it boasts a huge collection of 80,000 books. The diversified spaces here include the area of social science books, library-style reading area, cultural and creative boutique area, multi-functional hall, small lecture hall, and small exhibition hall.
As a work of Chen Weixin, the designer of Librairie Avant-Grade, one of the “Top Ten Bookstores in the World”, it integrates the elements of light and shadow, mountain shape, nature, and Zhenjiang. It highlights “Three Mountains and One Ferry”, a characteristic scenic spot of Zhenjiang, which is famous for “see the mountains and the rivers, always reminds you of your hometown”.
Erlou NanShuFang (“The south study room on the second floor”)
This building is too attractive to be ignored by tourists in Xijindu. The amazingly gorgeous old walls covered with vines and the multi-colored wooden-lattice windows are irresistible for every person passing by.
It used to be an office building of the British Concession, and now it has become a 24-hour nice and tidy study for free. In winter, different from the outside world of ice and snow, here is always quiet and warm, displaying the beauty of books to people who come and go.
Readers are going to love it the moment they step into Erlou NanShuFang. The light shining through the colorful lattice windows reflected on the floor is just so beautiful and satisfying. It is always a good choice to pick up one of your favorite books and have a nice rest here during your trip, to experience the slow and leisure lifestyle of Xijingdu (Xijin Ferry), Zhenjiang.
Source: Zhenjiang Wenlv
