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The longest scroll of Yan style regular script (in big characters) calligraphy in the world
Record properties: World Record
Record source: World Record Association
Record Numbers: 10036-1207-01
“The long scroll of Chinese harmonious regular script (in big characters) calligraphy” was a long scroll of Yan style regular script (in big characters) calligraphy created and collected by Mr. Kang Shuying from Zhuozhou, Hebei, and written by Mr. Wang Xijun (also called by Lu Han, his pen-name) from Baoding, Hebei from April 2008 to August 2012. The long scroll includes “Tao te ching” by Lao Tzu, “the Analects” by Kung Fu Tzu, “Altar Sutra” by Hui Neng, and Mao Zedong’s poems, which was composed of 38 sub-scrolls. With a length of 1,368m, a width of 0.9m, and a total of 60,786 characters, it set the world record granted by the world Record Association for being the longest scroll of Yan style regular script (in big characters) calligraphy in the world.
