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during the national day holiday, a cultural market with the theme of "new knowledge of old books and the charm of bells and drums" was held in the bell and drum tower square in dongcheng district, beijing. through the "reading history to know the present" historical boutique old book exhibition, it provided history lovers and readers and friends provide a unique cultural exchange platform.

on the afternoon of october 4, a reporter from beijing youth daily saw at this cultural market that three stores of yanchilou, zhongguancun and xinjiekou, owned by china bookstore, had set up stalls here. according to mr. zhen, a staff member at the yanchilou store booth, the best-selling products these days are the "xiao mo shuxiang" series of pocket books, including "tang poems", "song ci", "thirty-six strategies", "sun tzu's art of war" and "disciple rules" "three character classic" and other 12 volumes. "during the recent national day holiday, more foreign tourists came to the cultural market. this kind of pocket book is easy to carry and can be bought home to show to the children. dozens of books were sold in three days."

at the yanchilou store stall, there are also hand-painted puzzles with beijing characteristics installed in cylinders, including landscape pictures of peking university, the summer palace, etc., which often attract tourists to hold them in their hands and look at them carefully; there are also zodiac-themed puzzles stamps and stamps from classic cartoons such as "tadpole looking for mom", "nine-colored dragon" and "black cat sheriff" are very popular among collectors. "they buy them back for relatives and friends, or collect them for themselves, especially some stamps with zodiac themes are sold out," mr. zhen said.

a reporter from the beiqing daily also noticed that in front of the zhongguancun store stall, there were old books on literature and history such as liu qing's "history of entrepreneurship", "pingshu dream of red mansions", "the complete works of shakespeare", "the romance of the eastern and western jin dynasties", and "tang huiyao", and there were readers from time to time. reading through this. two tourists from guangdong fell in love with the "detailed map of beijing's inner and outer city" beside the stall. they each bought one, rolled it into a tube, and planned to study the old beijing city map carefully when they went home.

it is worth mentioning that in front of the bell and drum tower cultural and creative products exhibition booth next to the cultural market, tourists are rushing to buy bell and drum tower series refrigerator magnets. "this refrigerator magnet with the drum tower as the background and the shape of the no. 107 bus in front can be slid, carrying the youthful memories of old beijingers." exhibition staff introduced to tourists.

zhou yi, the person in charge of the beijing bell and drum tower·fanghu qiwu society, told the beiqing daily reporter that there are ten types of refrigerator magnets in the bell and drum tower series. among them, there is a "shi lai lun" refrigerator magnet, which is made with the image of the north star orbit in the sky of the drum tower as the background. star orbit disk. turning the star track disk symbolizes the change of time, the movement of time, and good luck coming at any time.

"these refrigerator magnets have witnessed the successful application of beijing's central axis as a world heritage site. as a result of the revitalization and heritage interpretation of the bell and drum tower cultural relics, they have been favored by domestic and foreign tourists. during the national day holiday, an average of more than 100,000 yuan were sold every day. hundreds of pieces." zhou yi said.

text/beijing youth daily reporter zhang enjie