National Library of China, includes: the Library of Ancient Books which locates at Wenjing Street, west of Beihai Park, and the Main Library which showed here in 3-D rendering.

At the Main Library, there are still two sections, the older one constructed in 1987, now it is a little old, but still very comfortable to visit and stay.

The newer section was just finished in 2008, very modern and much visitor-friendly, the glass window on the top of the roof saves a lot of energy, and curtain at the top windows can be adjusted times a day, according to the sunlight.

Internet can be accessed free for 1 hour, free power outlet for your laptop, free water …

This 3-D sketchup model can be download at here.

Opening Hours

Monday to Friday: 9:00－21:00
Saturday to Sunday 9:00－17:00

The Library is open all year round including statutory holidays.

Website of NLC
http://www.nlc.gov.cn/en/indexen.htm

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That is a big reading room, once check in from any entrance, you will be able to look around everywhere. The glass roof saves a lot of energy, and winter days should be very warm inside, just by sunshine.

Free water!

Laptops can be taken with you, and power outlets are available just close to the table.

And this tablet TV for reading some of the Chinese Newspaper.

The room for newspaper

A 5-minutes walk, just south of the New one, that is the old National Library building, where was built-up in 1990s.

And here is the lobby of the old library.

The old facilities.

And just before the Olympic games started, this just renovated Qianmen street was opened to public, and this is my first time to visit it, now it is not busy, and many of the buildings at the both side of the road are just empty, waiting someone to rent.

The new trolley, just going to be in operation someday.

Some places don’t match with its neighbour, so has to put a picture there to hide the behind.

A view from the south to the north.

and further going to the south

The shop of “Duyichu”, it is famous for making steamed Dumplings, or “Shaomai” (烧卖）.

A last-week photo, and a 100-year-old photo, below…

And after the Qianmen street, I walked into the Dashilan shopping street, see if there are some change there…

Always busy and noisy…

A photo in a small community close to Liulichang Street.

A little hostel in a hutong, below the room, on the ground floor, that is a public toilet.

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A vendor selling fried sausage

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A garden in the yard of library.

Inside the library.

A photo taken from the reading room of the library, the time was about 7:00PM.

Traffic jam at the intersection of Baishiqiao.

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