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The Jingtang Library (Chinese: 景堂圖書館) is a library located in the Huicheng District of Guangdong, China. The library was established in 1925, by an Overseas Chinese founder Fung Ping Shan. The area of the library was initially 1,250 m, and after a series of donations from Fung Ping-fan, the son of Fung Ping Shan, the library was expanded by 4,030 m, and the new building of the library was built in 1988. In 2012, Huo Zongjie (霍宗傑) donated to build an extra reading room, named the "Huo Zongjie Reading Room". In the present day, the total area of the library reaches 6,510 m (70073.05 ft²) nowadays. More than 400,000 books are collected in the library.