subject: Looking Back: 70 Years Of The 20th Century Book About Reading - Books And Reading - Printing [print this page] Book shortage: a national study of red Book shortage: a national study of red
Because almost be unprecedented?? "Cultural Revolution" destroyed the role of the early 70s in the 20th century, the Chinese rich reading life went downhill. From Writer recalled this special time, said: "In all the media criticism of the 'poisonous' more and more, the library shelves tired of cleaning up and had to shut up. A similar situation is that the city bookstores also immediately deserted, apart from Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong for a class of 'Red Book', in addition to some editorial Selected as learning materials, other books almost disappear. "
In fact, from May 1966 the "Cultural Revolution" years after the start, with the unprecedented calamity so hard to create up after 17 years of the socialist publishing was great devastation and destruction, first of all the Chinese people to study the chain from the source fracture. According to "the publishing of contemporary China," a book of Statistics, "the Cultural Revolution," the former, there are 87 publishers (excluding decks), of which 38 central level, local 49, 10 149 workers (of whom 4570 were editors ); "Cultural Revolution" began, revoked and merging, in early 1971, the National Press remaining 53 (20 central, local 33), 4694 employees (of whom 1355 were editors). The early 70s of last century, including the National Press Center in Beijing and Shanghai, including almost all over the country Press "shell." For example, in the central Press, the Ministry of Culture of the People, the People's Literature, People's Fine Arts, Publishing House, Commercial Press 5 Press, "Cultural Revolution" before the original 1074 employees (of whom 523 were editors), to 1971 At the beginning of the work to stay in Beijing only 166 people (including 63 editors). In addition, 1971, 33 editors from the local Press, the "Cultural Revolution" of 2571 were reduced to 975 before the people.
Compress a large number of publishing organizations and personnel, combined with a large number of books published in 17 years, was labeled "Poisonous" in the book market, publishing and circulation of books legitimate only Mao Zedong, "revolutionary model" and "two newspapers A Tribune "editorial compilation of booklets uniform reading. Book publishing and the variety structure distortions due to a serious imbalance in the extreme leftist line. According to "Contemporary China's publishing business" of Statistics, 1966 to 1970, the national publication of books, "Mao Zedong" become a monopolistic key words. Mao Zedong's works were published in 43 languages 4.206 billion, which, "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" (Volume 1 ~ Volume 4) popularized versions of the 690 million, files 54 million, "Chairman Mao" 1053000000, "Mao Zedong Works Readings, "and various single articles, compiled the 2.409 billion. Corresponding to this, has published books Marxism Realize 8,915,000. In contrast, general books meager, only published 2,729 kinds, with a total print run of 3.452 billion, and, far-left atmosphere thick. In a sense, they just add the red politics. According to "Contemporary Chinese publishing industry," statistics, which, especially in a variety of newspaper articles compiled a booklet for the reading as the main political representative of the total number of species of 21.4% and 75.8% of total impressions; in literary reading , the "revolutionary model" accounts for a large proportion, very few new works; in science and technology books in a large number of the "barefoot doctors Manual" and some experience in industrial and agricultural production booklet describes the basic sciences and natural sciences few monographs; in children's books, also mainly "revolutionary model opera" comic books. Is surprising, cultural Education 5 books published only the total print run of only 6.69 million. At the same time, the "Cultural Revolution" to be published before a large number of books are listed as banned, not circulation and borrowing. According to statistics, a total of Xinhua Bookstore at the National Archive of about 576 million books.
Although the second half of 1970, Premier Zhou Enlai personally intervene with the published work, the ultra-leftist line caused by the "national reading a red" state has eased, however, until October 1976 "Gang of Four" destruction of the former, China reading industry publications and the monotony of the situation is not trapped fundamental change, book a direct result of the nationwide shortage. The original text of Press and Publication Director of Song in the evaluation of wood during this special time in the memoirs of the publishing industry, "published three decades witnessed" wrote: "In the sixties and seventies of the 20th century, especially in the 'Cultural Revolution' period, the publication is 'to class struggle'. "
