Source: Hong Kong Zhongtong News Agency
The Taipei Xinyi Eslite Bookstore, known as the "largest traditional Chinese bookstore in the world", officially tested goodbye on the evening of the 24th.This is the second 24 -hour Eslite Bookstore in Taiwan since 2020.
Comprehensive Taiwan Media reported that the Taipei Xinyi Eslite Bookstore, which has been in business for 18 years, has been officially closed due to the lease due to leases.Eslite statistics, since the closing of the announcement on October 19th, there have been more than 50,000 people entering the store on the weekend, and more than one million people have entered the store in the past month.On the day of the closing of the store, despite the cold weather, many people still came to witness, hoping to leave the final memories.
The first 24 -hour bookstore of Eslite is Taipei Dunnan Eslite Bookstore. It was not only an important landmark in Taipei, but also a must -visit attraction for many foreign passengers.Later, due to the lease expires and the reconstruction of old buildings, Dunnan Eslite Bookstore closed its business on May 31, 2020.Subsequently, Xinyi Eslite Bookstore took over and became the next 24 -hour bookstore.
After the closure of Xinyi Eslite Bookstore, from January 20 next year, Songyan Eslite, located in Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei, will continue to become a 24 -hour bookstore, and the total business space and the total number of books will expand.Eslite Chairman Wu Yanjie revealed that in the future, Songyan Eslite Store is expected to reach 100,000 copies, as well as a hundred -person cafe, plus a 24 -hour bookstore, cinema, music museum, food street and shopping malls.New life model.
Although the objective reason for the closure of Eslite Dunnan and Xinyi Store is the lease expires, it largely reflects the dilemma facing Taiwan's physical bookstores.
It is reported that in recent years, Eslite Bookstore has been closed in physical stores, such as branches, Jinshitang, and Jianhong Bookstore in the north and south regions of Taiwan.The famous "Bookstore Street" in Taipei City has closed more than 100 stores around Chongqing South Road in Chongqing South Road. There are currently less than 10 remaining left in the existing existing. It can be seen that the trend of epidemic and online book purchase has risen, which seriously affects the survival of physical bookstores.
Public opinion pointed out that the value of physical bookstores is the aroma of the book of a city, and it can also deepen the cultural heritage of the city.Relevant departments must face up to the fact that the number of physical bookstores is sharply decreasing, and assisted the predicament of the physical bookstores, and proposed a specific plan to support the survival of physical bookstores.
