【外刊英语精读】中国国家版本馆（上）| China National Archives of Publications

Archives  record our journey以版本为载体记录历史变迁Ancient  books, inscribed bronzeware, newspapers or food vouchers that carry distinct marks of different times, tapes, and even the first line of the code created to check people's COVID-19 test results, are all the "edition resources" that record the historical process of a culture. They are the gold seeds that witness the development of a civilization, and to keep these seeds is to nurture the gene of a civilization.无论是古籍、铭文青铜器，还是带有时代印记的报纸或粮票、录像带，甚至是用来新冠检测的第一行代码，都是记录了一个文化历史进程的“版本资源”。它们是见证了文明历程的金种子，保留这些种子就是在培育一个文明的基因。At  the end of last month, after three years under construction, the China National Archives of Publications and Culture was inaugurated.历时三年修建，中国国家版本馆于7月23日举行了落成典礼。Made  up of the headquarters Wenhan Ge (pavilion) in Beijing and three branches－Wenji Ge in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, Wenrun Ge in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, and Wenqin Ge in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province－the new archives will shoulder the responsibility of preserving and carrying forward the edition resources of China as a gene bank for the seeds of Chinese civilization.中国国家版本馆由中央总馆文瀚阁、西安分馆文济阁、杭州分馆文润阁、广州分馆文沁阁组成，作为中华文明种子基因库，版本馆肩负着保护和传承中国版本资源的职责。Sitting  at the foot of the Yanshan Mountains, Wenhan Ge is about 50 kilometers from downtown Beijing. Now, it is home to more than 16 million copies and editions of various publications, in a broad sense, as that includes the inscribed bronzeware.文瀚阁坐落在燕山脚下，距离北京市区约50公里，入藏版本量共1600万余册，涉及到的广义出版物也包括带铭文的青铜器。The  extensive collection is generally grouped into 10 categories, including all the editions of publications since the founding of the People's Republic of China, as well as books created through the techniques of woodblock printing and rubbings, genealogy books, currency, stamps, historic ancient Chinese books, revolutionary literature, religious literature and fine editions of foreign books, among others.中国国家版本馆馆藏包罗万象，大体分为十类，其中包括自中华人民共和国成立以来的所有出版物版本，也包括由雕版印刷技术和拓片制成的书籍，此外还有族谱、货币、邮票、具有历史文化传承价值的的中文古籍、革命文学、宗教文学以及外文书籍的精品版等等。hives of Publications and Culture, with its headquarters and three branches, will facilitate the planning and coordinating, surveying and collecting, preserving and exhibiting and the research and exchange of edition resources," says Liu Chengyong, director of the China National Archives of Publications and Culture.“拥有一个总馆和三个分馆的中国国家版本馆将有助于版本资源的统筹与协调、鉴定与收藏、保护与展览以及研究与交流”，中国国家版本馆馆长刘成勇表示。The  national archives will become a new cultural landmark of the country, he says.中国国家版本馆将成为中国新的文化地标，他表示。Viewing  the archives from above shows that the whole area consists of three levels of compounds, which follow traditional Chinese architectural aesthetics, says Zhu Yufan, chief designer of the Wenhan Ge's landscape.文瀚阁园林景观总设计师朱育帆说，如果从高空俯瞰整个中国国家版本馆，会发现这里构筑了三套院落，层层递进，承袭了传统中国建筑美学。The  first compound has the Wenxing Building as the main structure, followed by a courtyard and the national study Wenhua Hall on the second level and the Wenhan Ge is located on the third.第一重院落以文兴楼为主结构，由文兴楼移步，则是位于第二重的庭院和国家书房文华堂，文瀚阁则位于第三重。前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动