Modern urbanites are often accustomed to large-scale book cities, but Xi'an Qujiang Book City can still arouse people's interest. Qujiang Book City is close to the popular attraction Tang Furong Palace, and is also regarded by many people as one of the must-visit places in Xi'an. With a collection of about 600,000 books and nearly 120,000 titles, it is one of the largest and most comprehensive large-scale book cities in Xi'an.
The way to survive bookstores has long been not limited to selling books, providing a wealth of entertainment options, and creating a complex cultural and leisure space is a wise policy, and Qujiang Book City is like a microcosm of the industry. The bookstore has a humble appearance - the gray texture of the walls and industrial decoration elements appear thick and rugged, simple and low-key. The interior of the three-storey space is filled with value-added areas such as flower shops, tea rooms, and coffee shops. The third floor is the most typical, it is like a parent-child paradise, with creative paintings, handicraft experiences and other activities. There are many free seats here, but the environment is noisy, so this article focuses on the first and second floors.
The first floor includes books on design, travel, music and literature. Among them, design books are carefully classified, covering a variety of branches, including interior design, garden landscape, home decoration design, etc., all available. The rest of the genres are slightly barren, with instrumental books such as notebooks, music scores, and maps accounting for about one-third of the total. The few non-practical books (e.g., novels) are placed on a few shelves in the corners, and few people are looking at them. The original books are mainly English picture albums, and the best books such as the Goya Collection also lack plastic protection, and on the whole, their quality is poor. Xinhua recommended constituency is very distinctive, this is a hundred books selected by Qujiang Book City and Xi'an Jiaotong University, covering literature, popular science and other fields. Generally speaking, the books on the first floor are mixed, and it is difficult to find unpopular books.
In terms of leisure functions, there is an ice cream shop and a drink shop on the first floor, as well as a flower shop, a handicraft experience shop, and a calligraphy shop called Yeongkeedong. There is no shortage of high-end brands such as Moleskine in the stationery area, but many of the products are relatively old, and customers who need to buy stationery are advised to go to the stationery store on the second floor. These leisure spaces are well laid out, and the first floor of the bookstore is usually spacious, with a few tables and chairs dedicated to consumer seating.
In the center of Qujiang Book City, there is a characteristic circular staircase, which leads up the stairs to the second floor, which has the highest density of books. From literature to economics, from law to computers, there is quite a wide range of genres. There are sub-branches under each category, and foreign literature books are divided into different shelves according to the country; Foreign language reference books contain a number of minor languages, but they also follow the general book selection principles of large book cities, and are mainly popular and best-selling books. Comparatively, there are few academic books, and even the two bookshelves standing in a secluded corner are all popular science social science books.
There are more than one floor of seating on the second floor, and there are chairs next to almost every bookcase. Customers can also choose to take a break at the café or teahouse, which can accommodate more than 50 people, has a wide variety of coffees, and has a special view from the window to see the towering eaves of the antique building.
If you want to find the goods you need in the vast sea of books, it is recommended that customers ask and find them at the consultation desk on the first floor.
