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Your eyes aren’t playing tricks, the Dujiangyan Zhongshuge bookstore, nicknamed “Magic Castle”, located in southwest China’s Sichuan province, appears to be filled to brim with never ending publications. To be more specific, it’s home to over 80,000 volumes in more than 20,000 genres, and looks the way it does using black-tiled floors, paired with mirrored ceilings, resulting in an infinity mirror-like effect.
Even though some of the books look out of reach, this optical illusion does not hinder one’s ability to reach for their favorite title(s). Whether it be the spiral staircase or its 50-inch tall archways, you’ll find over two stories of books, filling an area that spans nearly 1,000-square-meters. It was designed by Li Xiang, founder of Chinese architecture firm, X+Living.
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We present readers with their own elegant and powerful artistic landscape. Any glimpse at the space will afford a visual feast. It seems that the beautiful scenery of Dujiangyan is vividly presented in the space, enriching the visual experience of readers. Many people associate the space with a magical world, with the magic feeling coming from the structure of the bookshelves, and the reflection of the mirrored ceiling,” said Xiang.
