World's Smallest Violin - Miniature Violin by Chen Lianzhi

Miniature Violin

• A violinist fro the south China city of Guangzhou has made a violin measuring fewer than two centimeters(0.7 inches).
• Chen Lianzhi used a 0.1 mm drill, maple wood as thin as a nail, and strings finer than a human hair to make the fiddly little fiddle.
• The violin has over 30 components and it can produce a sound, but it is very high - pitched because the strings are so short.

Penguins - Amazing Facts about Penguins

Penguins live in Antartica and along cold coastal areas of south America,New zealand,Australia and south Africa. Penguins spend most of their time in the icy waters of Antartica catching fish,squid, and krill. But they climb onto the land to breed and to raise their young.



Facts

• Emperor penguins journey up to 100 miles(160 km) across ice to their rookery.
• The male doesn't eat during the whole time he keeps the egg warm.He looses about 50 pounds(23kg) in weight.
• penguins cannot swim backward.
• penguins swim but don't get wet because they have two layers of thick, overlapping,oily feathers that keep out water.
• while under water, a penguin can hold its breath for up to six minutes.
• penguins are the very good swimmers and divers. 

China Teapot shaped Museum - World's largest Tea pot shaped building.

Tea pot shaped museum - Meitan china

• Tea pot shaped museum of Tea culture in Meitan, china.
• 240 - foot tall teapot building, which stands alongside a matching teacup could hold over 7563 gallons of tea- enough to fill 158,823 cups.
• The monument celebrates china's long history of tea drinking which, according to legend,dates back to 2737 BC, when tea leaves blew into Emperor Shen Nung's cup of hot water.

Dough figure Sculpting - China Folk Art - China's traditional Handicrafts

 

• Dough figure sculpting is on of the china's oldest tradtional handicrafts.
• The dough is made from flour, honey, lard and sugar .
• some figurines are so highly detailed, they include eyelashes,teeth and fingernails.
• These tiny sculptures, which are small enough to fit inside a walnut shell.