The Qiangtang grassland in northern Tibet is high and cold, and it is difficult for even shrubs to grow. However, in Qubu Village, located here, a small village with an altitude of 4,900 meters, with only 50 households and less than 300 people, the villagers' lives are nourished by a small white and bright little herds' bookstore. The villagers who grazed come from time to time to learn scientific knowledge such as health care, animal husbandry and epidemic prevention; the women who are responsible for guarding the village women's federation to open teahouses should also learn cooking knowledge; the herdsmen often learn history and theory, and look for laws and regulations, and apply them to daily study, preaching and various affairs; the elderly party members will read and discuss with each other repeatedly, associate with the people and things they experienced in the past, and lament the happy life now;

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A woman is reading books seriously. Photo provided by Shenzha County Media Center

"Villages come to the bookstore to read books and can really learn skills." The bookstore administrator recalled. How to carry out breeding management? What medicine should I use when I am sick? How to communicate better with your children? They will think of finding answers to these questions from books at the first time.

During the winter and summer vacations every year, children will also pour in with their desire for knowledge and curiosity about the unknown world; illiterate villagers are also deeply infected, and often sigh "Ah tsk tsk!" as they look at them.

The bookstore administrator told reporters that they said that they could learn a lot of knowledge by reading picture albums. The children are also keen on being primary teachers and patiently teach them to learn the national common language and characters.

A local villager and children enjoy their reading time in the Mujia Bookstore. Photo provided by Shenzha County Media Center

In more than ten years, this small Mujia Bookstore has more than 3,000 books, from the party’s theories to picture books, from literature and art to historical records, from production technology to popular science books, enriching the spiritual and cultural space of the villagers.