Thursday, January 7, 2010

  Longest porcelain painting - world record set by Pei Yongzhong
 
  JINGDE, Jiangxi Province, China -- Artist Pei Yongzhong spent five years creating a 241.2-meter porcelain painting with more than 3,800 figures -setting the world record for the Longest porcelain painting.

    The Longest porcelain painting consists of 242 independent parts, each depicting a scene from "Dream of the Red Chamber," the greatest Chinese novel of all time. (enlarge photo)

   Each part is 76 centimeters long and 57 centimeters high. The total length includes the painting's wooden frame.

   There are more than 3,800 figures in the Longest porcelain painting.

    Pei Yongzhong said he is a literature enthusiast and likes "Dream of the Red Chamber" very much.

   He started working on the Longest porcelain painting in 2004, using various traditional and innovative methods. He spent more than 5 million yuan (US$732,339) and completed it in the second half of 2009.
    Pei Yongzhong was born in 1969 in Jiangxi. As a veteran ceramic artist, he is famous for creating figure and scenery porcelain paintings.
   (enlarge photo)

   Pei Yongzhong has created porcelain portraits for many leaders, including former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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   Thursday, January 7, 2010