Author: ABR Team

The Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara sculpture in Wutunxia Temple, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China, holds the record for being his biggest clay sculpture. Crafted using clay sculpture techniques, it is 13.10 metres high, 7.18 metres long and 2.78 metres wide, as confirmed on December 4, 2023.

Beijing Yihangjia Culture Development Co. Ltd. of China set a record for organising the biggest dance event for children and teenagers. A whopping number of 26,547 children and teenagers participated in the dance event at 167 locations all across China, as confirmed on December 4, 2023.

Hezheng Paleozoological Museum in Hezheng County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, holds the record for the largest collection of Platybelodon skull fossils. It has a collection of 24 items aged 3 months to over 40 years old, as confirmed on December 4, 2023.

The stone carvings of the Buddhist canon in Bangtuo Stone Carving Park, Rongmuda Township in Sichuan Province, China, hold the record for being the biggest stone carvings of the Buddhist canon. The stone carvings consist of about 500,000 items with the stones stacked one on top of each other, covering an area of 694 sq metres, as confirmed on December 4, 2023.

Zhao Zhanming of China, set a record for the biggest collection of abacuses at China Abacus Museum in Confucius Temple Cultural Tourism Street in Yuyang District, Shaanxi Province, China. A whopping number of 18,888 abacuses collected by him are exhibited at the museum, as confirmed on December 1, 2023.

Fujian Xiuzao Culture Communication Co. Ltd. of China set a record for the maximum number of people wearing traditional Chinese clothing and making sachets in Fuzhou, China, and 30 other locations worldwide. A total of 4,821 people participated in the event wearing traditional Chinese clothing and making sachets by hand, as confirmed on December 1, 2023.

Mithun Namburu (born on August 25, 2014) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of hula hoop spins in 30 seconds while simultaneously solving sums and a Skewb Cube. He performed 64 hula hoop spins in 30 seconds while simultaneously solving 5 (five-digit) sums and a Skewb Cube, (trained by Anand Rajendran under the guidance of Tamil Nadu Cube Association), at the age of 9 years, 2 months and 12 days, as confirmed on December 25, 2023.

Xiamen Ziqiangbuxi Culture Communication Co., Ltd. of China, set a record for organising the biggest first writing ceremony in Xiamen and 77 other locations across China. A whopping number of 23,616 children participated in the ceremony, as confirmed on December 1, 2023.

A team of Gengdeng Quezhi from Qinghai Province, China, set a record for creating the largest handwritten gold book. They used liquid gold as raw material to write the texts of “Lam rim chen mo” and “Sngags rim chen mo” by hand and combined them into a 1,540-page book. The book measured 142 cm long, 63 cm wide and 81 cm thick, as confirmed on December 1, 2023.

The Yushu Culture and Tourism Bureau of China set a record for the biggest collection of manuscripts of King Gesar. More than 30 calligraphers jointly copied the “Epic of King Gesar” by hand and created 57 manuscripts containing 6,270,000 words, as confirmed on December 1, 2023.