Guinness World Records broken by Zheng Chunhui and his MIND-BLOWING Wood Carving from a Single Tree!

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 a carving he has worked hard on for 4 years! 

The Chinese artist and famous wood carver Zheng Chunhui, has earned the place of having a spot in Guinness Book of World Records with a carving he has worked hard on for 4 years! The creation of art he has made is over 40ft long (2.286 meters long, is 3.075 meters tall at its highest point, and 2.401 meters wide) and made from just one single tree trunk. The scene that the artist carved out is actually a famous Chinese painting 'Along the River during the Qingming Festival' which was created over 1,000 years ago.

The work was actually based on the original painting made by Zhang Zeduan during the Song dynasty and was dubbed the ‘Chinese Mona Lisa’

The most spectacular features of this carving is not just the whole length of Chunhui’s artwork, but the details themselves. The carving contains specific features like bridges, buildings, boats, and stunning 550 individually carved citizens. His carving also strongly resembles the original painting as he didn’t add any scenes from Modern-day China unlike other variations which added scenes from the Ming and Qing times which is the tradition of contemporary Chinese artists when they remake ancient masterpieces.

The original painting was made by Zhang Zeduan during the Song dynasty and was dubbed the ‘Chinese Mona Lisa’ for its fame and numerous remakes have been made ever since, but this is definitely the most spectacular rendition, most would agree. The original painting, ‘Along the River during the Qingming Festival’ was hand painted on a scroll so that the viewers could slowly unravel the painting from right to left at an arm’s length like a comic strip of the historical importance of the day-to-day lives of the rich and poor Chinese people 900 years ago.

Chunhui’s masterpiece was awarded as the world record last week on Thursday as a part of Guinness World Records Day which was arranged to celebrate the day that the book of records became the best-selling copyright book. Currently, Chunhui’s work is displayed at the Palace Museum in Beijing which is the same location where the original scroll painting is based.