Shanghai Story (237): Life of reading literary masterpieces
Education
Length: 00:24:59
Date: 2015-10-10
Collection
Keywords: Literature and art | Reading literary masterpieces | The Cultural Revolution | History and culture

After 1977, the Translation Publishing House republished 35 famous Chinese and foreign literary masterpieces. Liang Daming remembered that a set of famous literary masterpieces was the best wedding gift to send to friends. Zhang Jianping, who worked in the Translation Publishing House all his life, remembered that the demand for literary masterpieces was so huge that the publishing house did not have enough paper to print to meet the market’s demand.