Some people say that they are full of poetry and books, while others say that reading changes their destiny. Reading has a great influence on people’s growth, and a good book can often change people’s life. The spiritual realm of a nation depends to a great extent on the reading level of the whole nation.
It stands to reason that reading is a private matter. However, from the Development Plan of Reading for All in the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan to the Government Work Report, it is proposed to vigorously promote reading for all. All kinds of policy signals emphasize the importance of reading from the height of national strategy, and some experts and scholars even appeal to the media that reading for all should enter the legislative time.
Some people will wonder why it is necessary to legislate to read a book. In fact, promoting reading for all is not just a simple slogan. To improve the reading situation of the people, the government should play a leading role and create a good reading environment for the people.
Have books to read.
Recently, cultural programs such as "Chinese Poetry Congress" and "Reader" are particularly popular. Looking at the people on the screen, they are eloquent and witty, and many people can’t help but regret that they hate books when they are used. According to official survey data, at present, the average annual reading of Chinese people is 4.58, that is to say, people only read a book every three months, which is far below the level of many developed countries and even some developing countries.
Bai Yansong, the host of CCTV, has repeatedly called on the whole people to read in public. He believes that the government should play a leading role in promoting reading for all. It is necessary to divide the whole people into different reading classes, protect them by legislation, and provide different ways to promote reading according to the needs of different levels.
Bai Yansong’s legislation is actually not to force people to study by legal means, but to hope that the government can regard citizens’ reading as a hard demand, especially to protect those who want to study but have no conditions to study. For example, he said: "There is a clear rule in Brazilian prisons that every time a prisoner finishes reading four books within the specified time, he can write a review and be recognized, and his sentence can be reduced by 15 days." Bai Yansong believes that this case fully reflects Brazil’s respect for reading, and it also shows that the key point of reading for all is the word "all people", so that everyone has books to read is the focus of government departments’ work.
Not long ago, the "Scholarly China Journey" activity entered Baofeng, Henan Province, and Nie Zhenning, former president of China Publishing Group Corporation, also came to Baofeng County as a guest for field research. To his surprise, a small county has built a 24-hour public library, and even an ordinary rural supermarket has a book corner. He said with emotion: "The farmers in Baofeng County are happy, and they have a good reading environment. Perhaps in the bookcase in the corner of the supermarket, they learned useful knowledge and got inspiration to get rich. "
In China, reading for all faces at least two dilemmas: one is the lack of reading places in poor areas, and the other is the lack of libraries and physical bookstores in busy areas. Nie Zhenning said: "At present, there is an average of 459,000 people in China who own a public library, which is far from the international standard of setting up a public library within a radius of 1.5 kilometers and having a public library with an average of about 20,000 people. In addition to libraries, physical bookstores are also the most convenient places for citizens to read and buy books. Nowadays, many physical bookstores are increasingly unsustainable, so it is necessary for the government to study some countermeasures, such as how to support physical bookstores. How to support the library? "
Luo Shugang, Minister of Culture, once pointed out in public that many libraries in remote and backward areas in China still have problems such as unreasonable content distribution and slow book updating, so that every citizen can read books, which is not as simple as building several libraries. The government should use its wisdom and make great efforts to create a good reading environment for the people.
Fortunately, the relevant departments have begun to take action. At the beginning of this year, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued a notice, which clarified the focus of reading for all in 2017. Among them, efforts to run theme reading activities, improve basic reading facilities, and promote grassroots reading all reflect the responsibility of government departments to promote reading for all.
Reading good books
A program of Beijing Satellite TV, Scholarly Beijing, once launched the activity of "reading books and drying the study" on Weibo, with tens of thousands of participants and many young people showing photos of the study. A young man who works in Beijing shows a photo in which he and his roommate sleep in bunk beds in a small room. In such an environment, a simple bookshelf is placed, and the old books are neatly arranged. The netizen said: "My study is this small bookshelf. These are my most cherished books, and they are also the most bitter and tiring spiritual food. Because when I am studying, I can see the future. "
It is not that many people have no desire to study. Their problem lies in too many choices or temptations. In this era of knowledge and information explosion, in a broad sense, we are receiving all kinds of information every day, while in a narrow sense, our reading volume is getting less and less.
"The most important thing now is to solve the problem of what the public reads and how to read it." Writer Cao Wenxuan believes that readers can be cultivated. Writers can’t instinctively follow the subconscious mind of public reading, but should cultivate and guide it.
From the publisher’s point of view, Nie Zhenning pays more attention to the quality of books and periodicals. "We have published enough books every year, and the annual inventory is already very large. What we need to consider now is how to make books and periodicals better. When reading for all becomes a common practice, that is, when the publishing industry is once again moving towards glory, whether the quality of books and periodicals can serve the reading for all with high quality and efficiency is a question that every publisher should consider. "
Wu Shulin, former deputy director of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, believes that promoting reading for all is to make people scattered in all corners of the world enjoy reading. "Reading for all has entered the stage of refinement and stratification, and government departments need scientific research and classified implementation."
In this regard, Beijing can be regarded as a pioneer. Since the launch of Beijing Reading Season, people of different ages have been guided to read, which has improved the effectiveness of reading activities. They have successively conducted a series of cultural lectures for leading cadres, a lecture hall for young civil servants and a survey of civil servants’ reading status in Beijing municipal organs; According to the reading needs of female groups, many reading activities were held around the themes of "reading and urban women", "family reading", "professional women reading" and "reading exchange between China and foreign countries". Brands such as parent-child reading "relay run" have also been launched, and some advanced reading concepts have been passed on to every corner of the city.
Good at reading
Good reading habits should be developed in childhood. Wu Shulin believes that reading for all should be integrated with education, and reading methods and habits should be embedded in national education, which will become the basic work of national education.
In the investigation, the staff of Fujian Reading Aid Association found that in poor and remote areas, many schools are plagued by the lack of school-running software, especially the lack of extracurricular reading books. Children in cities also have the problem of reading deficiency. Although they are not short of books, there are a lot of computer games and video animations around them, which affects their reading time and quality.
"What the government should plan and guarantee most when promoting the work of reading for all is the reading of primary and secondary school students." Hong Yanqing, secretary-general of Fujian Reading Aid Association, told the reporter: "Whether reading in primary and secondary schools should be independent or compulsory has always been controversial. In fact, compulsory reading may not have a good effect. The key is to guide children to understand and absorb the knowledge in books faster and better for guiding life practice. "
In Nie Zhenning’s view, reading should pay attention to methods. We should properly handle the relationship between digital reading and traditional reading, plan the time scientifically, and learn from each other’s strengths. In recent years, audio books have gradually become popular, Amazon voice interactive Bluetooth speaker echoes are selling well during holidays, and the development momentum of Google smart home equipment Google Home is also very strong. "People can listen to audio books through more devices, and audio books will become more and more popular. This is a good direction and the next focus of reading for all. There is still much room for expansion of such published content, and publishers should seize this opportunity. " Nie Zhenning said.
As long as you want to study, you will always find the right time and method. And how to choose and choose among the voluminous books is also very knowledgeable. Wang Liqun, a writer, believes that there are several kinds of books that are very popular among the public: the first is a book that is in great need, and all kinds of problems that people encounter in life can be answered by reading. Most of these books are scientific and informative; There is also a kind of books that can improve the quality of life and satisfy the aesthetic taste. Most of these books are books on literature and art.. He believes that the latter is universal, and it is as indispensable to a person as air, sunshine and water.
"Nowadays, many people don’t know much about reading, so it is very important to comment on books and guide them." Wang Liqun believes that we should hold more reading lectures and recommend good books to the society through the power of the media. As readers, we should also learn to learn from the experience of others, especially some cultural celebrities and well-known scholars, and improve our reading taste from their experience.
