Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe HOHHOT, China, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A group of painters in China have begun work on a 676-foot-long oil painting depicting the entire history of the Mongolian people. The painting, believed to be the longest in the world, will portray a historical period of 206 years, from the birth of Genghis Khan, founder of ancient Mongolia, to the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, reported Xinhua, China's main government-run news agency. Advertisement The painting will be divided into three parts. The first will portray the life of Genghis Khan, the second will depict events after the death of Genghis Khan, and the third will show the rise and fall of the Yuan Dynasty. Wang Yanqing, a chief designer of the painting, said when the artwork is completed, the artists will apply for a listing in the Guinness Book of Records.
