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Lying in Ningbo Zhejiang Province, Tianyige Library is one of the national cultural relic protection units. In Chinese traditional philosophy，Tian yi give birth to water. So the meaning of the library’s name is to avoid to be burned down. It was constructed by an officer and savant named Fan Qin（范钦） in Ming Dynasty four hundred years ago. Tianyige Library is where stores tens of thousands of collected books just like today’s library. And it is the earliest library not only in China but also in Asia. This ancient library covers nearly 26 thousand square meters. The quantity of books in it reaches a incredible 70 thousand. Besides, the garden contains something else such as a pond called TianYi Pond, in order to prevent fire in case; then, several wonderful rockeries, bridges, kinds of flowers and plants. At that time ,it’s a thirst for almost every learned men to enter the pavilion, having a glimpse at the books as well as its perfect scenery. To their disappointment, it’s really difficult even next to approximately impossible. On the other hand, thanks to the strict administration, the garden remains intact till now. But only less than half of the books survived today. Readers can take a reference of 《风雨天一阁》composed by Yu Qiuyu * * TianYige Library Tianyige Library *