Zhang Zhanping shows his scrolls featuring a Buddhist scripture about 1,250 Arhats, a perfected person who has achieved spiritual enlightenment, in Daixian County, Xinzhou City, North China's Shanxi Province, March 18, 2019. The 66-year-old farmer, also a local folk artist specializing in the making and painting of Buddhist sculptures, said he spent eight years creating nine scrolls, each weighing five kilograms and measuring 69 centimetres in width. The total length of the scrolls measured more than 300 meters. He also said he had attempted to apply for a Guinness World Record. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Bintian)
A close-up view of a painting made by Zhang Zhanping in Daixian County, Xinzhou City, North China's Shanxi Province, March 18, 2019. The 66-year-old farmer, also a local folk artist specializing in the making and painting of Buddhist sculptures, said he spent eight years creating nine scrolls, each weighing five kilograms and measuring 69 centimetres in width. The total length of the scrolls measured more than 300 meters. He also said he had attempted to apply for a Guinness World Record. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Bintian)
A close-up view of a painting made by Zhang Zhanping in Daixian County, Xinzhou City, North China's Shanxi Province, March 18, 2019. The 66-year-old farmer, also a local folk artist specializing in the making and painting of Buddhist sculptures, said he spent eight years creating nine scrolls, each weighing five kilograms and measuring 69 centimetres in width. The total length of the scrolls measured more than 300 meters. He also said he had attempted to apply for a Guinness World Record. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Bintian)
A close-up view of a painting made by Zhang Zhanping in Daixian County, Xinzhou City, North China's Shanxi Province, March 18, 2019. The 66-year-old farmer, also a local folk artist specializing in the making and painting of Buddhist sculptures, said he spent eight years creating nine scrolls, each weighing five kilograms and measuring 69 centimetres in width. The total length of the scrolls measured more than 300 meters. He also said he had attempted to apply for a Guinness World Record. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Bintian)
A close-up view of a painting made by Zhang Zhanping in Daixian County, Xinzhou City, North China's Shanxi Province, March 18, 2019. The 66-year-old farmer, also a local folk artist specializing in the making and painting of Buddhist sculptures, said he spent eight years creating nine scrolls, each weighing five kilograms and measuring 69 centimetres in width. The total length of the scrolls measured more than 300 meters. He also said he had attempted to apply for a Guinness World Record. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Bintian)
Zhang Zhanping shows his scrolls featuring a Buddhist scripture about 1,250 Arhats, a perfected person who has achieved spiritual enlightenment, in Daixian County, Xinzhou City, North China's Shanxi Province, March 18, 2019. The 66-year-old farmer, also a local folk artist specializing in the making and painting of Buddhist sculptures, said he spent eight years creating nine scrolls, each weighing five kilograms and measuring 69 centimetres in width. The total length of the scrolls measured more than 300 meters. He also said he had attempted to apply for a Guinness World Record. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Bintian)
Zhang Zhanping shows his scrolls featuring a Buddhist scripture about 1,250 Arhats, a perfected person who has achieved spiritual enlightenment, in Daixian County, Xinzhou City, North China's Shanxi Province, March 18, 2019. The 66-year-old farmer, also a local folk artist specializing in the making and painting of Buddhist sculptures, said he spent eight years creating nine scrolls, each weighing five kilograms and measuring 69 centimetres in width. The total length of the scrolls measured more than 300 meters. He also said he had attempted to apply for a Guinness World Record. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Bintian)
The 66-year-old farmer, also a local folk artist specializing in the making and painting of Buddhist sculptures, said he spent eight years creating nine scrolls, each weighing five kilograms and measuring 69 centimetres in width. The total length of the scrolls measured more than 300 meters. He also said he had attempted to apply for a Guinness World Record. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Bintian)
