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The National Library of China or NLC in Beijing is the largest library in Asia, and one of the largest in the world with a collection of over 26.3 million volumes of books by 2007. It holds the largest and among the richest worldwide collections of Chinese literature and historical documents.
The forerunner of the National Library of China, the Imperial Library was founded on 24 April 1909 by the Qing government. It was first formally opened after the Xinhai Revolution, in 1912. In 1916, the library received depository library status. In July 1928, its name was changed to National Peiping Library and was later changed to the National Library.

COLLECTIONS:

The National Library of China's collection inherited books and archives from the "Imperial Wenyuange Library" collection of the Qing Dynasty and that, in turn, included books and manuscripts from the library of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The library also contains inscribed tortoise shells and bones, ancient manuscripts, and block-printed volumes. Among the most prized collections of the NLC are rare and precious documents and records from past dynasties in Chinese history, and it also houses official publications of the United Nations and foreign governments and a collection of literature and materials in over 115 languages.

Notable collections and items:
1-A collection of over 270,000 ancient and rare Chinese books, and over 1,640,000 traditional thread-bound Chinese books.
2-Over 35,000 inscriptions on oracle bones and tortoise shells from the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th–11th century BC).
3-Surviving tablets of the Xiping Stone Classics created by Cai Yong (132-192) of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
4-More than 16,000 volumes of precious historical Chinese documents and manuscripts from the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang.
5-Old maps, diagrams, and rubbings from ancient inscriptions on various materials.
6-Copies of Buddhist sutras dating to the 6th century.
7-Original draft of Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian.
8-Books and archives from imperial libraries of the Southern Song Dynasty (c. 1127),[11] including the works of Zhu Xi.
9-Oldest extant printed edition of the Huangdi Neijing, dated between 1115-1234.
10-The most complete surviving Ming Dynasty copies of the Yongle Encyclopedia ("Great Canon of the Yongle Era").
11-A copy of the Siku Quanshu ("Complete Library of the Four Branches of Literature") of the Qing Dynasty.

12-Essential literary and books collection from Qing Dynasty's imperial colleges and renowned private collectors.