Author: ABR Team

A Buddhist pine tree (botanical name: Podocarpus macrophyllus), growing in Dingqian Village, Longxun Town, Dehua County, China, holds the record for being the tallest Buddhist pine tree. It is more than 300 years old and has a height of 28.6 metres, as confirmed on November 28, 2023.

Li Tinggui of China set a record for creating the largest individually created Clan Totem sculpture collection. He individually created 101 bronze sculptures, as confirmed on November 30, 2023.

Ningbo Fushan Cultural Development Co. Ltd.  of China set a record for having the largest carved jade statue of Maitreya Buddha. It is carved from a single piece of jade and measures 2.66 metres long, 1.5 metres wide, 1.5 metres high and weighs 11.8 tonnes, as confirmed on November 30, 2023.

Jing Hong, a renowned seal carver of China, set a record for the largest collection of seals engraved with Chinese Buddhist monk names. The collection contains a whopping number of 17,073 items displayed in Jinghong Art Center in Yunnan, China, as confirmed on November 30, 2023.

Zhao Zhenbin of China set a record for creating the longest painting-calligraphy scroll on the tree peony. It measured a whopping 111.56 metres long and 0.75 metre wide, as confirmed on November 30, 2023.

Dubai fountain, located in Dubai, UAE, holds the record for being the largest musical fountain in the world. Its total length is a whopping 275 meters and the water is sprayed up to 150 meters, about the height of 50 floors. It can spray 22,000 gallons of water and is equipped with 6,600 lights and 50 colour projectors. The water jet has more than 1,000 variations and its lights can be seen from a distance of 20 miles, as confirmed on November 29, 2023.

The Jinjiazhuang Long Spiral Tunnel in Yanqing, Hebei Province, China, holds the record for being the longest spiral highway tunnel. It is a whopping 4,228 meters long with its right entryway 4,104 meters. The spiral has a curve radius of 860 metres (2,820 ft) and the elevation difference between the tunnel entrance and exit is 112 metres (367 ft), as confirmed on November 29, 2023.

The cantilevered glass-bottomed skywalk, located in the scenic spot of Xianren Street in Shiqian County, Tongren City, China, holds the record for being the longest cantilevered glass-bottomed skywalk. It is 230 metres long in total, 91.8 metres long over the edge of the cliff and is 460 metres high from the ground, as confirmed on November 29, 2023.

The irregular-shaped hermetic material yard located in the park of Delong Steel Limited, China, holds the record for being the largest span irregular-shaped PE membrane structure hermetic material yard. Constructed with PE membrane structure with a span of 226.8 meters from north to south, it has a length of 423.6 meters from east to west, and a size of 87,400 square meters, as confirmed on November 29, 2023.

Benxi Shuidong Scenic Spot, located in Benxi City, Liaoning Province, China, holds the record for being the longest underground river scenic spot. It has a length of 2,323-metre of underground river that can be travelled by boat along a scenic area for continuous cruises, as confirmed on November 29, 2023.