![Bao Xishun (L), 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) tall herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, shakes hands with He Pingping, 19, a 0.73-metre (2 Bao Xishun (L), 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) tall herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, shakes hands with He Pingping, 19, a 0.73-metre (2](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D295TR/bao-xishun-l-56-a-236-metre-7-feet-9-inches-tall-herdsman-listed-by-the-guinness-world-records-as-the-tallest-living-man-shakes-hands-with-he-pingping-19-a-073-metre-2-feet-5-inches-tall-man-in-baotou-north-chinas-inner-mongolia-autonomous-region-july-13-2007-he-is-applying-for-the-guinness-world-record-as-the-worlds-shortest-man-local-media-reported-reutersjason-lee-china-2D295TR.jpg)
Bao Xishun (L), 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) tall herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, shakes hands with He Pingping, 19, a 0.73-metre (2
![Bao Xishun, 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, walks into a yurt to meet his bride during his wedding Bao Xishun, 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, walks into a yurt to meet his bride during his wedding](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d1kd43/bao-xishun-56-a-2-36-metre-7-feet-9-inches-herdsman-listed-by-the-guinness-world-records-as-the-tallest-living-man-walks-into-a-yurt-to-meet-his-bride-during-his-wedding-ceremony-at-genghis-khans-mausoleum-on-the-outskirts-of-erdos-in-north-chinas-inner-mongolia-autonomous-region-july-12-2007-the-worlds-tallest-man-whose-search-for-a-bride-covered-the-world-ended-up-marrying-a-woman-from-his-home-town-nearly-half-his-age-and-more-than-two-feet-shorter-chinese-media-reported-reuters-jason-lee-china-2d1kd43.jpg)
Bao Xishun, 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, walks into a yurt to meet his bride during his wedding
![Bao Xishun, 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, washes his face at his apartment in Chifeng, north China's Inner Bao Xishun, 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, washes his face at his apartment in Chifeng, north China's Inner](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1CJDJ/bao-xishun-56-a-236-metre-7-feet-9-inches-herdsman-listed-by-the-guinness-world-records-as-the-tallest-living-man-washes-his-face-at-his-apartment-in-chifeng-north-chinas-inner-mongolia-autonomous-region-july-3-2007-reutersstringer-china-2D1CJDJ.jpg)
Bao Xishun, 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, washes his face at his apartment in Chifeng, north China's Inner
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Mind Blowing on Twitter: "The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun with He Pingping who is shortest. http://t.co/bHFJEkUH2Y" / Twitter
![Bao Xishun (R), 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, and his bride Xia Shujuan, 29, 1.68 metres (5 feet, Bao Xishun (R), 56, a 2.36-metre (7 feet, 9 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, and his bride Xia Shujuan, 29, 1.68 metres (5 feet,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D1MMD5/bao-xishun-r-56-a-236-metre-7-feet-9-inches-herdsman-listed-by-the-guinness-world-records-as-the-tallest-living-man-and-his-bride-xia-shujuan-29-168-metres-5-feet-5-inches-stand-during-their-wedding-ceremony-on-the-outskirts-of-erdos-in-north-chinas-inner-mongolia-autonomous-region-july-12-2007-the-worlds-tallest-man-whose-search-for-a-bride-covered-the-world-ended-up-marrying-a-woman-from-his-home-town-nearly-half-his-age-and-more-than-two-feet-shorter-chinese-media-reported-reutersjason-lee-china-2D1MMD5.jpg)