National Library of China, National library in Zizhuyuan Subdistrict, Beijing, China.
The National Library of China spans across 280,000 square meters with two main buildings housing over 41 million items in its collection.
Founded as the Imperial Peking Library in 1909, the institution received manuscripts from the Mogao caves in 1910 to form its initial collection.
The library preserves materials from the Southern Song Dynasty and holds the largest collection of Chinese literature and historical documents worldwide.
The facility provides reading rooms, digital resources exceeding 1000TB, and adds approximately one million volumes to its collection annually.
The oldest items in the collection include oracle bones from Yin Ruins dating back more than 3,000 years.
Location: Zizhuyuan Subdistrict
Inception: September 9, 1909
Website: http://nlc.cn/newen
GPS coordinates: 39.94283,116.31742
Latest update: May 27, 2025 07:13
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