This five-meter-high copper hotpot has a diameter of 3.5 meters, earning it the title of the largest hotpot made of copper and fired with charcoal in the world. /CFP
The hotpot was made in late January and put into use on Friday in Datong, a city in northern China’s Shanxi Province, to celebrate the end of the Spring Festival season. /CFP
Fine copperware is a specialty in Datong. Copper gifts were given to French President Georges Pompidou by China's then premier Zhou Enlai in 1973. /CFP
The leading craftsman behind the idea is Li Anmin, who inherited the copperware skills from previous generations. The 76-year-old raised the idea of making an enormous copper hotpot, and led ten other copper specialists on the two-month project to make this record breaker. /CFP
One ton of ingredients can be added to the pot, providing a delicious hot meal to nearly one thousand people in one sitting. /CFP
