Henan Provincial Library | |
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河南省图书馆 | |
34°44′37″N 113°37′40″E / 34.74353622060784°N 113.62768942264672°E | |
Location | 76 Songshan S Road, Zhengzhou, Henan Province[2], China |
Type | Public library |
Established | 1909[1] |
Other information | |
Website | www.henanlib.com |
The Henan Provincial Library (simplified Chinese: 河南省图书馆; traditional Chinese: 河南省圖書館), also known as the Henan Library, is a Zhengzhou-based[3] provincial-level public library,[4] located at 150 South Songshan Road, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. It is the largest public library in Henan, with a total cumulative collection of 3.1 million books (pieces).[5]
Henan Provincial Library was officially opened to the public in February 1909[6] and is one of the earlier provincial public libraries in China.[7]
Henan Provincial Library was officially opened in a family Ancestral Hall in Kaifeng[8] on the eighth day of February in the lunar calendar of the first year of the Xuantong (i.e. 27 February 1909 AD).[9]