The present situation of the three oldest libraries in the world

The first is the Italian aristocrat Malastare (? -1465) and 1452 set up a library in cesena, northern Italy, called Malatesta Library.

The second is Cosimo, the ruler of Florence. Medici (1389— 1464) and his grandson Lorenzo? Medici (1449— 1492) established the world-famous medici family Library. 1808, medici family Library was merged into Lorenzo Library, and now it is called "Medici Lorenzo Library".

The third is Tianyi Pavilion Museum, which was established in Fan Qin (1506~ 1585). It is a comprehensive museum featuring book collection culture and integrating social history and art, covering an area of 26,000 square meters. It is the oldest existing private library in China and one of the three earliest existing private libraries in the world. It was built during the forty to forty-five years of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (A.D.1561-KLOC-0/566), and was originally the collection of Fan Qin, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War in Ming Dynasty. 1982 was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

At present, Tianyi Pavilion has nearly 300,000 ancient books, including 80,000 rare books, especially the records of local chronicles and imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, China Local Records Collection Museum, Yintai No.1 Official Residence Museum and Mahjong Origin Exhibition Hall have been added. China Local Records Collection Museum collects more than 6,730 contemporary local records of various levels in China, accounting for more than 80% of the total. Yintai Emperor Museum shows the home art and architectural art of official families in Qing Dynasty. The exhibition hall of mahjong origin shows the origin of mahjong and its historical origin with Ningbo in three dimensions. Built in the 1920s, Qin Ancestral Temple impressed tourists with its unique ancestral temple culture and exquisite folk crafts, and was listed in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.