Author: ABR Team

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.

A large group of students from the Henan Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School in China set a record for the largest martial arts performance. A whopping number of 20,000 students participated in the large-scale martial arts program called “The Soul of Shaolin” in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, as confirmed on November 30, 2023.

The Chinese National Academy of painting and calligraphy, set a record for creating the longest Chinese calligraphy and painting artwork. With themes from traditional Chinese painting and traditional calligraphy the artwork scroll measures 2,593.8 meters long and 1.3 meters wide, as confirmed on November 30, 2023.

The government of Jianhe County, Guizhou Province and Beijing Yutong Sculpture Co. Ltd. of China set a record for making the largest statue of the goddess Yang’asha. Located on the south bank of the Qingshui River in Jianhe County, the stainless steel statue is 88 metres high in total, with the goddess’body 66 metres high and the whole construction covers 22 metres of 4 circular pedestal buildings, as confirmed on November 30, 2023.

Members of the GymAngel Early childhood education science organization of China set a record for the longest parent-child scroll painting in Beijing, China. A whopping number of 2,000 members took six months to paint the artwork called My View of the World, as confirmed on November 30, 2023.