Reading Wonderlands in CCNU!

Editor’s Note

How long has it been since the last time you immersed yourself in a book? A comfortable environment may stimulate your desire to read. There are many wonderful places to enjoy reading in CCNU. Let's have a quick look!

Indoor Reading Places

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Library at Guizishan Campus

The place that treasures CCNUers' most memorable reading memories must be the library. With a scholarly atmosphere, the library accommodates all sorts of books. Wandering at rows of bookshelves, you will find a different world. The bright sunshine glistening on the page of books will add happiness and romance to your reading.

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The Library at Nanhu Campus

Located in the Teaching Building, the branch library at Nanhu campus has two floors. It offers seats on the second floor and stores books on the first floor. Characterized by a modern style, its pure white and gray decoration creates a simple and fresh reading environment. The library provides single reading seats, chairs of various shapes and seminar rooms that can be booked online.

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The Teaching Building at Nanhu 

Campus

In addition to libraries, the  Teaching Building is also a paradise for book lovers where you can easily spot many corners suitable for reading. Quiet and equipped with hot water supply, tables and chairs, the lovely garden inside the building and open-air space on the second floor are wonderful places for students to escape from the bustling crowds and enter an amazing spiritual world of books.

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Liqun Bookstore

In the bookstore, there is a long stair leading to neatly arranged bookshelves on which books on various subjects as well as many exquisite cultural creative products can be found. Spacious and bright, the bookstore with favorable learning atmosphere is a good place to immerse yourself in the ocean of books.

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The First Floor in No.8 Teaching 

Building

In No.8 Teaching Building, you can read in a spare classroom or just take a seat outside the classroom. The layout in the first floor features tables and chairs in different shapes and open air glass. On sunny days, the sunlight pouring down from the open glass brings peace and warmth while in rainy days the sound of raindrops helps to clear your mind.

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The Second Floor of The East 

Canteen I

You may be surprised when you first come to the second floor of the No.1 East Canteen. It is where students enjoy the food, and where students enjoy reading and studying as well. Besides bright lights, comfortable chairs and air-conditions, bubble tea and snacks in the canteen are what attract students most.

In addition to these indoor reading places. There are many beautiful outdoor areas that are enjoyable for reading.

Outdoor Reading Areas

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The Pavilion Opposite the Student

 Restaurant

When you walk by the trees opposite the Xuezi Canteen, have you ever noticed the  small quaint pavilion and some stone tables and chairs around it? If you feel bored in reading quietly in classrooms, maybe it is a good choice for you to call a few good friends out to read aloud here.

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The Cuckoo Square

Sitting on the stone bench in Cuckoo Square, you will feel the inner peace in your mind in front of the solemn statue of the national poet, Guang Weiran. There is a round stone table on the hillside for you to enjoy reading in the bird songs and sunshine.

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The Plum Blossom Garden

A small path winds through the lawn on which the leaves of the plum trees scatters. The Plum Blossom Garden looks beautiful and tranquil. It is a secret garden where you will never get disturbed. Sitting against the red pillars of the pavilion and reading, you are truly part of this beautiful picture.

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Boya Square

Every day many CCNUers pass by the beautiful Boya Square, adding vitality to it. On sunny days, there are many children and pets playing on the grass. You can read a book here too, enjoying the sun, lying on a grassy lawn, sitting on a bench under the trees.

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The Yun Daiying Square Osmanthus 

Corridor 

If you are free in the morning, you can stroll along the long corridor and choose a bench to immerse yourself in a book with falling leaves and sweet-scented osmanthus here. The Osmanthus Corridor will bring you enjoyable autumn memories about reading. Gone were the days when people wrote to each other. However, reading here can remind you of the sweetness in the old days in the impetuous life. 

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The Magnolia Garden

If you wander around the shady path, you will feel refreshed by the strokes of the gentle autumn wind, fresh air and the fragrance of the flowers around. Reading here, you will feel that all your troubles  will be swept away by the vibrant green  grasses.

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Editor：Phoebe(trainee), Yolanda(trainee), Crystal(trainee), Bolt(trainee)

Photographer: Ma Jiao, Yu Yang, Wang Xinrun, Sun Jiaxuan, Yolanda(trainee), Bolt(trainee)

Model: Chen Guannan

Reviser: Sirry, Jerry

Designer：Bolt(trainee)