Longest Table: China set world record

Beijing, China – March 12, 2017 – Chinese ethnic minority group Dong from the central and southern mountains of China, broke the Guinness world record for the world’s longest feast table with more than 10,000 people seated at a 3.7 kilometer (2.3 miles) long table.

Photo: The Chinese ethnic minority group Dong from the central and southern mountains of China, broke the Guinness world record for the world’s longest feast table with more than 10,000 people seated at a 3.7 kilometer (2.3 miles) long table.

The Guinness World Records world record for the longest table meausres 1,508 m (4.947 ft 5.96 in) and was achieved by Afia International company (Saudi Arabia), in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 5 July 2015.

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the longest table cloth; it is 2,256.34 m (7,402 ft 8.1 in) long, and was achieved by AccadueRho, Comune di Rho and Accademia Belle Arti Aldo Galli – IED Como (all Italy), as measured in Rho, Italy, on 2 June 2015.

The feast was organized in Liping to welcome the Dong New Year on Dec. 1 and 1,730 tables were joined in two rows on the local highway, reported local newspaper Guizhou Metropolis Daily.

The feast was attended by guests, clothed in eye catching traditional wear, and served Dong delicacies such as lamb, fish, poultry, sour soup and rice wine.