It is the end of an era for the famous red telephone boxes on the streets of the United Kingdom. The telephone boxes once gave people shelter and comfort to keep in touch. But the country has made the decision to scrap half of the remaining cultural icons.
But in the Chinese city of Shanghai, the government have a different way to deal with the red boxes. The 263 telephone boxes in Shanghai’s Xuhui District will be turned into mini-library stands. The telephones will remain in case of emergency, while touch screens will be added for audio books and the city’s library system, the district cultural bureau and China Telecom’s Shanghai branch announced on August 19.
With six different themes, the telephone boxes will offer up to 60 books for people to borrow and read inside, e-books and audio books, or one book for in-depth reading. Two other kinds of boxes will introduce famous local historical figures or provide places for book donations and book reading activities.
More themes will be introduced later, such as those exhibiting non-tangible cultural heritage and reading equipment for the blind.
It is important to create an atmosphere to encourage reading. If there is a place to read near a bus station, they might read while waiting for the bus. These boxes are expected to encourage good reading habits.
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