14 DAY TRIAL // A team of street art enthusiasts led by a Chinese artist named Yang Yongchun has recently pieced together the world's largest and longest three-dimensional street painting in China.
The painting, part of which is featured in the photo above, was created on the campus of the Communication University of China, in Beijing, and will stay open for two months, Oddity Central informs.
It's name is “Rhythms of Youth,” and it measures an impressive 365 meters (nearly 1,198 feet) in length. Besides, it spans over an area of about 2,500 square meters (approximately 26,910 feet).
Thus, “Rhythms of Youth” is said to have established two new Guinness World Records, i.e. one for the largest and one for the longest street painting the world has until now seen.
Needless to say, Yang Yongchun and fellow art enthusiasts had to work for several dozen hours to create this three-dimensional street painting, and everyone had to give their best to make sure the project would be successful.
“It took my team more than 20 days to finish the painting on the ground,” Chinese artist Yang Yongchun told the press in a recent interview.
“Every day, we worked on it from daybreak when we could barely tell the colors apart until it was too dark to see anything. We’ve devoted all of our time, energy and attention to this painting,” he added.
By the looks of it, the painting was created as a means to honor the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games, which are scheduled to take place in the city of Nanjing in China's Jiangsu province this coming August.
Hence the fact that “Rhythms of Youth” features the Summer Youth Olympic Games' mascot, an odd-looking colorful creature by the name Lele, and also buildings in Nanjing and images of the Yangtze River, which runs through the city.
“The three-dimensional art work shows scenes of life in the city, a flowing river, cars, trees, people and buildings,” Yang Yongchun said in a statement.
By the looks of it, people who have had the chance to see this painting have really taken a liking to it, and many have stopped while walking around the Communication University of China campus to take pictures of and with it.
“It is so much nicer to look out at this rather than the chipped grey stone beneath. I think more of our streets should get such makeovers!” student Ho Meng commented on the creation of this three-dimensional art work in Beijing.