The largest game of hide-and-seek involved 1,437 participants and was achieved by Long Yang Chengdu Textile City and Chengdu Sky Sports Culture Communication Co. Ltd. (both China), in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, on 1 January 2014.
The largest gathering of people dressed as comic book characters involved 1,530 participants and was achieved at the opening ceremony of the International Animation CCJOY LAND in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, on 29 April 2011. The participants were recruited by the organizer via the internet. 201 participants failed to be counted into the total, as they were characters from video games, TV shows and story books.
The largest gathering of Olympics mascots took place with 508 participants at Xinhua Square in Huhehaote City, China on 23 June 2008. The event was organized by Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd and North News. Angela Wu adjudicated at the event.
The largest gathering of people dressed as sea animals involved 5,590 participants for an event organised by People’s Government of Putuo District, Zhoushan City (China) in Shenjiamen Fishing Harbor, Putuo District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China on 10 August 2007. Wang Jun adjudicated.
The largest gong measures 5.15 m (16.8 ft) in diameter. It was made by Shanxi Baodi Real Estate Development CO. Ltd and displayed at the Third China Taiyuan International Cooked Wheaten Food Festival, Shanxi Province, China on 8 September 2005. the gong was made of copper and weighed 568 kg (1252 lb).
The largest golf facility is Mission Hills Golf Club, China, with twelve 18 hole courses fully operational in December 2006. It also has a new par 3 course now.
The largest helium balloon cluster consists of 20,000 balloons and was achieved by Coca-Cola Beverages (Shanghai) Company Limited in Huanglong Stadium, Hangzhou City, China, on 5 December 2010. The helium balloon cluster was oval in shape. It was about 9.07 m (29 ft 9.08 in) and in height and 8.42 m (27 ft 7.49 in) in diameter. The cluster took about 7 hours to complete.
China has the longest high-speed rail network (routes with an average speed of 200 km/h -124.27 mph- or higher) with 7,531 km (4,679.54 miles) of track in service as of January 2011, according to the Chinese Ministry of Railways. A further 17,000 km (10,563.29 miles) of track is currently under construction, which by 2015 will extend China’s high-speed network beyond 25,000 km (15,534.25 miles).
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, China is the world’s largest consumer of honey, devouring 238,000 tons annually.
The largest hot pot party consisted of 13,612 people eating from 2,249 pots and was organised by the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government in Chongqing, China, on 20 March 2007. Hot pot, also known as the Mongolian Hot Pot, usually refers to Chinese varieties of steamboat stew. Huo Guo (Traditional Chinese: 火鍋; Simplified Chinese: 火锅; pinyin: huǒguō) is the Chinese name for “hot pot”, where huǒ means “fire”, while guō refers to “pot”. Chinese Fondue is an English term used more commonly in Western countries. Da
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