架构师提供的文本描述。水，万物的摇篮，文化的温床。扬州出生于水边。过去，在水的引导下，许多文人和诗人来到这里，聚集在这里。这也是一个被聪明人和美女所喜爱的地方。林黛玉在“红楼梦”一书中，想起了“春花秋月青山六朝遗物”的诗句，这首诗引起了很多人对二十四座桥的想象。2016年，中朔被这个美丽而又虚幻的地方所吸引，希望用自己的魅力来丰富扬州的美丽！

Text description provided by the architects. Water, the cradle of everything, and the breeding ground of culture. Yangzhou was born near water. In the past,guiding by water, many literati and poets visited and gathered here. Also, this was a place loved by wits and beauties. In the book “A Dream of Red Mansions”, when Lin Dai-Yu is missing her hometown, the verses“Spring flower and autumn moon, green hills and clear water; twenty-four bridges, relics of the Six Dynasties”will come to her mind; this verses had raised so many people’s imagination about twenty-four bridges. In 2016, Zhongshuge was attracted by this beautiful and ethereality place, and hoped to enrich the beauty of Yangzhou with its own charm!

 © Shao Feng

(邵风)

扬州中书阁位于镇苑，紧邻水边，树前。在继承以往庄重和戏剧化的同时，我们在设计理念中增加了拱桥-这座历史文化古城不可缺少的元素。它曾经是文化和商业的主导因素，同时也代表着书店是人与书之间的纽带。

Yangzhou Zhongshuge is located in Zhen Yuan which is next to waterside and in front of the trees. While inheriting the previous solemn and dramatization, we added arch bridge- an indispensable element of this historical and cultural ancient city- in our design concept. It used to be the guiding factor of culture and commerce, and it represents that bookstore is the bond between human and books at the same time.

走进中书阁的前门，就是大厅。通过对拱桥概念的运用，拓展了书籍世界的视觉符号。地板上的河流和天空上的流淌，引导读者深入知识的浩瀚海洋。两边的书架以优美的弧线延伸天际线，就像一座横跨溪流的桥梁，架起读者与书籍之间的心灵之桥。继续往前走，你会发现右边有一片更广阔的书籍之地。通过对弧桥与河流关系的研究，得出了一种镜像的空间关系。设计师用各种拱门连接所有的区域，给进入这个空间的每一个读者一种震撼的感觉。柔和的灯光所创造的神秘感，使所有的读者都想到在阳光下的桥下的河流，它帮助他们以平静的心情享受阅读的快乐。在阅读活动中，波浪式的空间为读者提供了足够的空间，让他们坐在一起分享想法。

Walking  into the front door of Zhongshuge, it is the lobby. Through using the concept of arch bridge, the designer extends the visual sign of  world of books. Rivers on the floor and in the sky which flow forward lead readers to go deeper into the vast ocean of knowledge.  Bookshelves on the two sides extend the shape of the skyline with graceful arcs,just like a bridge over the streams setting up the bridge of mind between readers and books. Keep walking forward and you will find a broader land of books on your right side. Through studying the relationship between arc bridge and river, the designer got a mirrored space relationship. The designer used all kinds of arch to connect all areas,giving a sense of shock to every reader who comes into this space. And the  sense of mystery created by the soft light makes all readers thinking of the river under the bridge sparkling in the sun; it helps them to enjoy the happiness of reading with a peaceful mood. The wavy space maintains enough room for readers to sit and share ideas together during Reading Activity.

 © Shao Feng

(邵风)

儿童画册馆就在书房的对面。书架是以拆装和活动玩具的形式建造的，以反映儿童的天真本性。墙上书架的底部可以从墙上取下来，用作图书展示台。当需要空间时，可以把它们放回书架上，形成承载扬州街景文化的城市景观格局。这些生动的色彩使整个空间变得生动活泼。一旦孩子们来到这个空间，他们就会觉得自己就像一个动画片-扬州。从儿童画册馆的一角走出去，你会发现一家精致的玩具店，里面摆放着各种各样的成人和儿童学校用品。这就是继承扬州文化故事的丰富多彩的扬州中书阁。

The children’s Picture Book Pavilion is right opposite to the study. Bookshelves are built in the form of disassembled and movable toys to reflect the naive nature of kids. The bottom part of the bookshelves on the wall could be taken off from the wall and used as book display table. When room is needed, they could be put back into the bookshelves and form the pattern of city view which carries the culture of street view of Yangzhou. The whole space is liven up by these vivid colors. Once the kids come into this space, they will feel like being in a cartoon-versioned Yangzhou. Going out from a corner of the children’s Picture Book Pavilion you will find an exquisite toyshop , where all kinds of school things for adults and kids are displayed neatly. This is the rich and varied Yangzhou Zhongshuge that inheriting the cultural stories of Yangzhou.

 © Shao Feng

(邵风)