Aug. 3, 2015 NANCHANG, Â (Xinhua) — For creating the world’s largest umbrella, an umbrella company in east China’s Jiangxi Province has earned its place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The umbrella of around 23 meters in diameter and 14.4 meters in height, has been certificated by Chinese representatives of the County’s publicity department said, Guinness World Records on Monday in Xingzi County of Jiangxi. It also said the umbrella weighing 5.7 tonnes and standing in a plaza covers an area of 418 square meters.
Former world record was held  by India in 2010 by an umbrella with 17.06 meters diameter and 10.97 meters height.