Classic novels favored by Xiamen readers

2016-03-03

 

Xiamen library officials announced last week that three of China’s four classic novels are among the top four books checked out in 2015. The novels are Journey to the West, The Dream of the Red Chamber and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.


Residents checked out four million books last year, up 95,000 year-on-year. Yue Gan, a ten-year-old reader, checked out the most books last year, borrowing 1,866 books in 2015. During the past Spring Festival holidays, the library received 30,000 readers, among them 7,000 are children.

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