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High School Chinese Department Reading Week: The Lingering Charm of Books, Echoes of Golden Lines

March 20, 2026

In March, the campus is gradually filled with the vitality of spring. Magnolias hold out their pure white goblets on the branches, tulips stand gracefully along the paths in a riot of colors, and crabapple blossoms, in shades of pink and white, create a poetic softness. The sunlight is gentle, the breeze is mild, and all things quietly come to life in the warmth of spring—it is the perfect time for reading.


In such a season, there is nothing better than holding a book and wandering through its words. Outside the window, the flowers are in full bloom; on the desk, the scent of ink grows stronger. The intertwining of spring’s radiance and the fragrance of books creates the most captivating scene on campus. The third week of March marks the arrival of the Humanities Reading Week. During this week, the Chinese Department has carefully planned a variety of engaging and delightful reading activities, allowing the fragrance of books to quietly flow into every corner of the campus.


Lights, Camera, Voices: Young Minds Recommend Books

Students from each class selected one or two books that had profoundly impacted them and shared their thoughts through video presentations. Some held up The Ordinary World, recounting how Sun Shaoping, on barren land, used his body and will to carve out an unyielding struggle. Others delved into The Dream of the Red Chamber, exploring the rise and fall of the Grand View Garden, glimpsing the way people lived during that era, and feeling the texture and warmth of a great family. Teachers compiled these precious voices of reading into videos and played them in class, allowing different stories to meet through light and shadow, and letting the inspiration of reading be shared among all.




Gleaning Golden Lines: Hearts Resonate

On the journey of reading, there are always sentences that strike like lightning, cutting through the night of thought. In the Golden Lines Sharing activity, students wrote down passages that stirred their hearts, along with their reflections at the moment. Some chose inspiring words that encouraged them to keep moving forward, while others selected philosophical musings that sparked deep contemplation. Every word, every sentence, was an echo of the soul. When these sparkling fragments were carefully recorded, they became lasting marks on the path of growth.


Guided by Teachers: Philosophical Insights

Teacher Lu Hongyun delivered a fascinating lecture titled "Taipei People: Mirroring Relationships Among Characters" in the Zhongxing Building Library. Using French philosopher Jacques Lacan’s mirror theory as a key, she opened the door to understanding the narrative structure of coming-of-age novels—how the self is constructed, how characters form “soul mirrors” with others through trauma, and how writers use this to weave together a novel’s structure and interpersonal networks. Teacher Lu’s explanation was both profound and accessible, offering depth in theory and warmth in literary interpretation. Under her guidance, the people of Taipei, as depicted by Bai Xianyong, seemed to gaze back at us from the mirror, making the novel’s meaning increasingly clear and rich.


The flowers are in full bloom, and it is the perfect time to read. May every young person encounter a broader world within the pages of books and grow into a better version of themselves through the power of words.



(Written/Pictures by High School Chinese Department   Reviewed by Qian Zuo)