Largest handwritten gold book
Fully funded by the Fourth Deqin Jamo Tenzin Geng Teng Sambu Rinpoche, the calligrapher Geng Teng Raj used liquid gold as raw material to write the "Lam ri...
Record Number: WRC200728C
Record of Achievements: A total of 57 handwritten copies with 6,270,000 words
Place of Record: China
Record time: 8 August 2020
More than 30 calligraphers organised by the Yushu Culture and Tourism Bureau (China) jointly copied the "Epic of King Gesar" by hand. A total of 57 handwritten copies with 6,270,000 words have been created. Verified on site by the WRCA, it has been confirmed as the “largest collection of manuscripts of King Gesar”.