Located in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, Tianyige is the earliestexisting private library in China, the oldest existing library in Asia and oneof the three earliest family libraries in the world. Tianyi Pavilion, coveringan area of 26000 square meters, was built in the middle of Ming Dynasty underthe leadership of Fan Qin, the retired right Minister of the Ministry of war. Itwas announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the StateCouncil in 1982.
There are nearly 300000 volumes of all kinds of ancient books in thecollection, including 80000 volumes of rare books, especially the localchronicles and imperial examination records of Ming Dynasty. In recent years,the cause of our museum has developed rapidly, with the addition of China LocalRecords collection, yintaidi official residence Museum, mahjong originexhibition hall, etc. The book Pavilion is a two-story hard mountaintop buildingof wood structure, with a height of 8.5 meters. The ground floor is six roomswide and six rooms deep, with corridors in front and back. In addition to thestaircase, the second floor is a large room separated by bookcases.
In addition, Tongyue lake, a "Tianyi pool" in front of the building, cannot only beautify the environment, but also store water for fire prevention. Thearchitectural layout of Tianyi Pavilion was later imitated by otherlibraries.
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