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Long March reading series concludes with poetry event in Gansu
A national reading series about the Long March concluded on October 15 in Huining, Gansu province, China.
The event featured performances of poems about the revolution, charitable donations and exhibitions of historical documents and images.
Fifteen selected performances brought together libraries and organizations from provinces along the Long March route.
The series aimed to make revolutionary history more accessible through reading and public events.
Gansu was a major region on the route, where the Red Army spent a long time and fought many battles.
The closing event marked 90 years since the Long March victory and included visits to a former Red Army meeting site and a memorial museum.
More than 30 rare books and other documents from Gansu Provincial Library are also being shown at libraries across the province.
A Long March-themed public reading series concluded on October 15 with a poetry recital event in Huining, Gansu.
The event featured 15 selected recitation performances from provincial libraries along the Long March route and other organizations.
It also included a public donation and two exhibitions of Long March-related photographs and historical documents.
Organizers said the activities aimed to connect public reading with the preservation of revolutionary culture.
The closing event included visits to the Huining Red Army reunion site and the Memorial Hall of the Victory of the Red Army’s Long March.
- Who
- The National Library, Gansu and Jiangxi provincial culture and tourism authorities, and participating libraries and organizations.
- What
- A Long March-themed reading series concluded with a red poetry recital event, a donation and exhibitions.
- When
- October 15, 2026.
- Where
- Huining, Gansu, China.
- Why
- The organizers said the event aimed to showcase shared achievements in public reading and promote the passing on of revolutionary culture.
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Libraries along the Long March route jointly carried out book recommendations, lectures, a reader video collection, an exhibition and a poetry recital competition.
The series closing ceremony and poetry recital event took place in Huining, alongside a public donation and exhibitions.
Participants visited the Huining Red Army reunion site and the Memorial Hall of the Victory of the Red Army’s Long March.
- Location
- Huining, Gansu
- Date
- October 15, 2026
- Recital performances
- 15 selected works
- Exhibition touring reach
- More than 20 city and county libraries in Gansu
- Organizers
- National Library; Gansu and Jiangxi provincial culture and tourism authorities
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the red documents of the revolution that had been stored in libraries came ‘alive’