Editor's Note: This translated article examines more of China's world records. In China, companies and governments often try to set Guinness World Records as marketing or publicity stunts and the records set are often on the eccentric side. The list includes a number of strange records including largest accordion concert and largest sofa.

China holds a veritable library of world records from World's Tallest Man to World's Largest Accordion Concert. As China's obsession with amassing legitimate Guinness Book of World Records certificates grows, the records broken by Chinese people seem to get stranger and stranger. This list, (continued from Part I), includes some of the more bizarre world records broken by Chinese citizens.

16) World's Largest Number of Swimming Babies

Even babies are getting in on the record breaking action in China. On September 12, 2010, 120 babies from Beijing aged 0-6 months old participated in “China's 4th Baby Swim Contest,” in order to break a Guinness World Record. The babies were divided into groups of ten and put into small pools. The record was confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Record's British headquarters.

17) World's Largest Vinegar Vessel

Some companies and businesses see world records as a marketing tool. On January 9, 2012, a vinegar company in Jiangsu broke the world record for largest vinegar vessel.

18) World's Largest Ceramic Shoes

The world's largest ceramic shoes were made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi on December 13, 2005. The two huge ceramic shoes measure in at 122 centimeters long and 44 centimeters tall. The shoes beat out the former record holding pair of ceramic kicks which came in at only 66.6 centimeters long.

19) World's Largest Ice Cream Cake

The world's largest ice cream cake was crafted on January 16, 2006 in Shunyi, Beijing. The cake was brought out as part of a carnival for kids and was named “The Magic Mountain.” The giant cake was 1.5 meters tall and weighed 8 tons and broke the Guinness Word Record for largest ice cream cake. The former record holder was made in New York on May 26, 2006, and weighed 5.5 tons.

20) World's Largest Sofa

A Chinese business built the world's largest sofa as a marketing ploy for their company in 2012. The sofa itself stands 6.8 meters high and 7.7 meters wide and sits in a shopping mall in Shanghai.

21) World's Largest Microphone

China's largest microphone was made in Urumqi on September 25, 2011. A representative from the Shanghai Guinness Book of World Records office traveled to Xinjiang to present the award.

22) World's Largest Chorus

Local governments also try to break Guinness World Records as a show of soft power. Governments also have the executive power to mobilize enough people to attempt to break a world record. On April 21, 2005, Tangshan's Municipal Propaganda Department worked with the city's trade union to set up an event in which over 15,000 workers sang together in a chorus in front of the Tangshan Earthquake Monument. The concert broke the record for world's largest chorus.

23) World's Largest Drum Performance

Chinese folklore and Chinese sports both often play into world record related activities. Records are often attempted during festivals or sports competitions as a gimmick. On December 10, 2011, in Hechi, musicians played 500 bronze drums together during a local folk festival and created a new Guinness World Record.

24) World's Largest Hair Flip Dance

Another world record event organized by a local government was the 1000 performer “Hair Flip Dance,” in Lincang, Yunnan. On April 30, 2007, a thousand women performed the dance together during the Tea Culture Expo and set a Guinness World Record.

25) World's Largest Accordion Concert

The Guinness Book of World Records promotes innovative behavior, therefore attempting to break world records is often popular amongst students. In fact, students break more world records than anyone else. On July 20, 2014, students organized a mass gathering of accordion players, including children. 1,361 played together in Bao'an district, Shenzhen. This broke the former record held by Slovenia in which 1, 137 accordion players played together at an accordion festival.

26) World's Largest Fish Dish

Many cities have attempted food-related Guinness world records in order to promote local tourism and culture. On October 19, 2013, Master chef Xu Juyun and his team cooked up a 1.4 meter long 102 pound rare carp at the China Chef Festival in Changsha, Hunan. Xu Juyun cooked the carp to make a local Hunan fish head dish and in doing so, broke a Guinness world record.

27) World's Largest Coin

On September 16, 2013, the word's largest coin sculpture was erected in Guiyang, Hunan. The giant bronze coin has since attracted many tourists to the area.

28) World's Largest Drum

The world's largest drum stands in Hefei and was finished on November 2, 2013. The drum is 61 meters in diameter and 18 meters tall. The drum has been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.

29) World's Largest Brass Fish Statue

This project actually drew a fair about of criticism because of local government involvement. Citizens were not happy that the government was using taxpayer money to build a giant bronze fish. The fish stands today in Yangzhou, on the Yangtze River, as of September 21, 2013. The fish itself is made of 7000 pieces of brass mosaic and weighs 2100 tons. The town plans to soon enter the fish into the Guinness Book of World records as it is presently the largest of its kind in the world.

30) World's Largest Carp Statues

The general public, private companies and government agencies all crave attention from the Guinness Book of World Records and want their world records to be officially certified. On June 21, 2010 village cadres from Wenling, Zhejiang applied to the Guinness Book of World records to certify the village's two giant carp statues to be the largest in the world.

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