Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Guo Liangliang of Dandong, China, set a record for being the fastest person to memorise randomly arranged 19×19 Go board at the Chang’an Notary Office, Beijing, China. He successfully memorised the 361 Go chess pieces randomly arranged on a 19×19 Go board in 9 minutes, 6 seconds and 136 milliseconds, and reproduced all the positions of the Go chess pieces, as confirmed on November 2, 2023.

Jiang Nuoxin of Xiamen, China, set a record for being the fastest kid to solve five linked rings blindfolded. She solved five linked rings blindfolded in 8 seconds and 725 milliseconds in Xiamen, China, as confirmed on December 26, 2023.

The “Taiping Ode” themed sculpture, designed by Wu Xinfeng of China, located in a fountain square in Shibing County, Guizhou, China, holds the record for being the largest combination sculpture depicting “Taiping Ode”. It is 38 meters high and 30 meters wide, composed of 100 Fuwa (literally “good-luck children”) figures in different poses, as confirmed on November 2, 2023.

The sheltered bridge, located in Zhuoshui Scenic Area, Qianjiang District, Chongqing, China, holds the record for being the longest sheltered bridge in the world. It has a total length of 658 m, as confirmed on November 2, 2023.

The Sangkhatang Tashidokama Monastery in Qinghai Province, China, holds the record for being the biggest wooden Tibetan monastery in the world. The 3-story wooden structure has a hip-and-gable xieshan-style roof with double eaves, covering an area of over 540 sq metres, with a length of 27 m, a width of 21 m and a height of 16 m, as confirmed on November 1, 2023.

The North Sea Link submarine power cable between Norway and the United Kingdom holds the record for being the longest subsea interconnector in the world. It is a whopping 724 km (450 miles) in length and carries 1,400 MW high-voltage direct current, as confirmed on November 1, 2023.

Mansi N. Vaishnav (born on August 19, 2001) of Karnataka, India, set a record for making mehndi designs on the longest cloth. She made intricate mehndi designs on a long cloth (measuring 21 feet and 10 inches x 1 foot and 10 inches) using 76 mehndi cones, as confirmed on January 22, 2024.

Pratik Kumar Palor (born on June 27, 1987) of Karnataka, India, set a record for conducting the longest YouTube live reading and narrating session. He read and narrated 9 stories, 3 plays, 15 poems and 9 memories from various Hindi books in 8 hours, 58 minutes and 5 milliseconds, as confirmed on February 1, 2024.

Kew Gardens in London, UK, holds the record for having the largest collection of living plants at a single-site botanic garden. The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew London houses a total number of 16,900 species of plants within its 320-acre site, as confirmed on November 1, 2023.

The terraced lotus field, located in Jianning County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, China, holds a record for being the largest terraced lotus field. It covers a whopping area of 733,333 sq metres, as confirmed on November 1, 2023.