Sculptor Zheng Chunhui Spent 4 Years Carving the World’s Longest Wooden Sculpture

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Chinese artist Zheng Chunhui recently unveiled this exceptionally large wooden sculpture that measures some 40 feet (12.286) meters long. Four years in the making, the tree carving is based on a famous painting called “Along the River During the Qingming Festival,” which is a historical holiday reserved to celebrate past ancestors that falls on the 104th day after the winter solstice. On November 14th the Guinness World Records arrived in Fuzhou, Fujian Province where the piece is currently on display to declare it the longest continuous wooden sculpture in the world.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/zheng-chunhui-tree-sculpture/

[HarveyDarkey]

1. That's some serious dedication, and awesome talent

[Scuba]

2. Very cool, thanks for posting!

[Aristus]

3. When I see the result of such incredible human talent and dedication, I'm reminded

of a line from "Sports Night":

"Look what we can do!"

Edit: spelling -

[mockmonkey]

4. Well Doggies!

That's some mighty fine whittlin'.

[ErikJ]

6. Ha, I coulda chainsawed that in a couple'a hours.

[Martin Eden]

13. Granny, that bucket yer totin's full a holes!

Uncle Jed was a font of wisdom

[lunatica]

5. That's amazing!

He even carved people and animals!

[geardaddy]

7. I hope the tree died of natural causes.

[hibbing]

8. Awesome

Hey,
That is incredible, thanks for posting this!

Peace

[valerief]

9. and he did all his whittling while a-sittin' on the front porch and a-spittin' in a spitoon. nt

[jmowreader]

10. Is there a zero missing in the length of time he took to carve this?

[yuiyoshida]

11. I have seen the same kind of carvings in Ivory and Jade... in our SF Chinatown..

Just beautiful!

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

12. Are they going to sell...

...those at Walmart?

[Vashta Nerada]

14. That is amazing!