A total of 600 bookplates selected from more than 2,000 entries by bookplate designers are on display at Book City in Futian District. Most of the entries are from young students in Shenzhen, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.

Organized by the Shenzhen Bookplate Academy, the Nanshan District Government and the Nanshan Education Bureau, the exhibition is one of the activities included in the Eighth Shenzhen Reading Month, which continues until the end of November.

Bookplates are labels usually pasted on the inside front cover of a book as a mark of ownership. The earliest known use of bookplates is believed to date from the middle of the 15th century in Germany. The Latin words "Ex Libris," meaning "from the library of," were often used.

Dates: Through Nov. 23

Hours: 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

Venue: Shenzhen Book City (深圳中心书城)

Add: Fuzhong Road 1, Futian District (福田区福中一路)

Buses: 10, 15, 25, 34, 35A, 38, 41, 60, 64, 65, 71, 74, 76, 107, 105, 111, 234, 235, 236, 373

Metro: Shao Nian Gong Station (Children's Palace Station 少年宫站), Exit C or D

(Newman Huo)

Captions: Shenzhen University students Zhang Wenjing (R) and Huang Xiaoyan (L) examine works on display in the exhibition hall of the Nanshan District Government Building on Thursday.

Huo Chengju