Special exhibition held at Museum of Rickshaw Boy

A special exhibition is on show at the Museum of Rickshaw Boy in Shinan district, Qingdao, as 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the museum's opening.

The museum is the former residence of the famous Chinese writer, Lao She (1899-1966), and is also China's first professional museum named after a famous literary work. It has attracted about 920,000 visitors over the past 10 years.

The exhibition consists of four major parts, showcasing different editions of Lao She's well-known novel Rickshaw Boy, some letters written by Lao She, artworks donated to the museum and visitors' messages.

More than 30 editions of the novel, published since the 1950s, are on display. Some editions are being exhibited for the first time, as is the original manuscript. People's Literature Publishing House published a computer-generated edition based on a replica in 2009, but the edition displayed this time was photocopied after the manuscript was found.