The biggest gong in the Songkran Festival in Dehong, Yunnan

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[The world's largest paper-cut and the largest gong, have you seen it] At the Yunnan Dehong Water Splashing Festival, "the world's largest gong" and "the world's largest paper-cut" appeared together, and were awarded the Guinness Book of Records.

The biggest gong in the Songkran Festival in Dehong, Yunnan

The paper-cut "Peacock" is 20 meters long, 14.9 meters wide, and covers an area of 298 square meters. It was made by paper-cut artists Shao Meihan and Fan Yong with more than 20 apprentices.

The biggest gong in the Songkran Festival in Dehong, Yunnan

The gong is made of bronze, with a diameter of 3.1 meters and a weight of 1.5 tons! 
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Involving musical instruments

The gong (pinyin: máng luó) is also known as the winter gong. In the Yunnan Dai folk song "Heaven on Earth", it is described as follows: "The Dai family gathered on the banks of the Lancang River, and the gongs were beating loudly." In "Selected Chinese Folk Tales: The Little Carpenter", there is also a "he turned angrily." Back at the palace, I banged countless gongs."

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