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Largest percussion ensemble

The largest percussion performance was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China on 2 July 2002 when 10,102 people played a percussive rhythm for over 6 minutes. The performance was part of ‘The Music of the Dragons’ concert and the instruments played were: Cow Bell, Hand Drum, Guiro, Triangle, Maraca and Chocalho de Platinela.

Largest pendulum regulated clock

The largest pendulum regulated clock measures 12.8 m (41 ft 11.94 in) in diameter and was commissioned by the Ganzhou Expressway Company Limited (China) as a feature public clock of the Harmony Tower in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, China. The mechanical clock, known as the Harmony Clock, was designed and built by Smith of Derby Ltd (UK). The mechanical clock is regulated solely by the a 2-seconds, 13-foot-long swinging pendulum. It features four stainless steel dials almost twice the size of those on the Houses of Continue reading →

Largest piece of tofu

The largest piece of bean curd weighed 3,120 kg (6,878 lb) and was made by Jiange County Government at Jiangmenguan, Sichuan, China on 28 September 2003. The giant bean curd measured 2.2 m (7 ft 2 in) long, 1.2 m (4 ft) wide and 0.9 m (3 ft) high, and was fed to approximately 20,000 people.

Largest piggy bank

The largest piggy bank is 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) long, 3.96 m (12 ft 11 in) tall and has a circumference of 14.6 m (47 ft 10 in). The golden piggy bank, estimated to weigh 3 tons, was made by Zhong Xing Shenyang Commercial Building (Group) Co., Ltd. and unveiled in Shenyang, China, on 2 May 2007.

Largest presidential entourage

The official visit to China by former US President Bill (William Jefferson)Clinton (1993-2001) in June 1998 saw an entourage of 1,200 people. They included 200 secret service agents, 150 military personnel, 30 senior delegates, 375 reporters, four White House TV crews, 150 support staff and 70 senior aides and advisers. Four passenger planes including Air Force One were used and several large military transports flew in ten armoured limousines, two communication vans, a mobile presidential hospital and the bullet-proof presidential lectern. An additional 350 cars Continue reading →

Largest rotating three-sided billboard (advertisement)

The rotating three-sided advertisement board attached to the walls of the Janianhua Mansion of the Chongqing Financial Real Estate company in Chongqing, China, has a total surface area of 5,748 m² (61,871 ft²). It was opened on 5 February 2005 and covers all four sides of the building. The billboard is 33.6 m (110 ft 3 in) tall and the widest panel is 90 m (295 ft) long.