Tale of King Gesar now a record story
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The largest collection of manuscripts of 鈥淭he Epic of King Gesar鈥 has been verified on site by the World Record Certification Agency, according to the government of northwest China鈥檚 Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
According to the certificate issued by the WRCA, the collection consists of 57 handwritten copies of the tale, all newly created, with a total of 6.27 million words.
Ngawang Geleg, who is in charge of the project, said 37 calligraphers in Yushu, Qinghai Province, spent three years completing the collection.
鈥淭he Epic of King Gesar鈥 is generally considered the world鈥檚 longest folk epic and is still passed down orally by singers and illiterate herders and farmers,鈥 Ngawang said.
鈥淭he text tells the story of how an 11th century Tibetan demigod king conquered his enemies and helped ordinary people.鈥
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