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Collections Highlights
Chinese Language and Culture
Chinese New Year is here! The
Year of the Wood Dragon, that will start on February 10, 2024 and end on January 28, 2025.
Are you curious to learn more about Chinese language, literature, history and traditions?
In the Aladí Catalog you will find a wide variety of
documents in Chinese for children and adults (films, novels, stories...) and in other languages to understanding more about the Chinese language and culture.
The
Fort Pienc and
Sagrada Família libraries in Barcelona, as well as the
Fondo Library in Santa Coloma de Gramenet have special collections
for the Chinese community or anyone interested in this culture. Happy Chinese New Year!
新年快乐!
"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior" (Confucius)
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