为什么会有世界读书日（世界读书日为什么是4月23日）

1. 设立时间/Set up time：

1995年11月15日，联合国教科文组织正式确定4月23日为世界图书与版权日。翻译后也有人称为世界读书日、世界阅读日、世界书香日等等。

On November 15, 1995, UNESCO officially established April 23 as the World Book and Copyright Day. After translation, some people also called World Reading Day, World Reading Day, World Book Fragrance Day, etc.

2. 日期选择原因/Date selection reason：

选择4月23日成为世界读书日的灵感来自于一个美丽的传说。4月23日是西班牙文豪塞万提斯的忌日，也是加泰罗尼亚地区大众节日“圣乔治节”。实际上，同一天也是莎士比亚出生和去世的纪念日，又是美国作家纳博科夫、法国作家莫里斯·德鲁昂、冰岛诺贝尔文学奖得主拉克斯内斯等多位文学家的生日，所以这一天成为全球性图书日看来“名正言顺”。

The inspiration for choosing April 23 to become World Book Day comes from a beautiful legend. April 23 is the annihilation day of Spanish writer Cervantes, and the popular festival "Saint George's Day" in Catalonia. In fact, the same day is also the anniversary of Shakespeare ’s birth and death, and the birthdays of several writers such as American writer Nabokov, French writer Morris Drouen, and Iceland ’s Nobel Prize winner Laxness. So this day seems to be "justified" for Global Book Day.

世界读书日的由来

3. 设定地点/Set location：

法国巴黎。

Paris, France.

4. 意义/Significance：

节日意义是推动更多的人去阅读和写作，是希望散居在世界各地的人，无论你是年老还是年轻，无论你是贫穷还是富裕，无论你是患病还是健康，都能享受阅读的乐趣，都能尊重和感谢为人类文明做出过巨大贡献的文学、文化、科学、思想大师们，都能保护知识产权。这也是这个节日的主旨宣言。

The significance of the festival is to promote more people to read and write books. It is hoped that people who are scattered around the world, whether you are old or young, whether you are poor or wealthy, whether you are sick or healthy, can enjoy reading Fun, can respect and thank the literary, cultural, scientific, and ideological masters who have made great contributions to human civilization, and they can protect intellectual property rights. This is also the main theme of this festival.

我的赠言/My words：

人往高处去，水往低处流。

Everyone is always gonna go for the better everything.

一个人的出身并不重要，重要的是他成为怎样的人。

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

不要害怕失败，而应该害怕没有机会。

Don't fear failure. Be afraid of not having the chance.

生命中走过的足迹会在历史中留下永恒的印记。

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

时间是衡量一切的标准。

Time is the only true unit of measure.

疫情终将结束，胜利必会到来！

Epidemic will eventually end, victory will surely come!

参考/References：

百度百科：https://baike.baidu.com/item/世界读书日/444842

维基百科：

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/世界图书与版权日

记于巴黎

Paris