82-year-old Chen Jinyuan from Pingliang, Gansu Province, has carved 3,793 Chinese characters on 118 grains of rice. Chen can fit as many as 204 characters on a rice grain. He started in 1956 to train his eyesight and is now considering applying for a Guinness World Record. Rice carving originated from Emperor Qianlong's era in the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795) and was used by imperial exam sitters who carved poems on the grains to cheat. (Photo: VCG)

82-year-old Chen Jinyuan from Pingliang, Gansu Province, has carved 3,793 Chinese characters on 118 grains of rice. Chen can fit as many as 204 characters on a rice grain. He started in 1956 to train his eyesight and is now considering applying for a Guinness World Record. Rice carving originated from Emperor Qianlong's era in the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795) and was used by imperial exam sitters who carved poems on the grains to cheat. (Photo: VCG)

82-year-old Chen Jinyuan from Pingliang, Gansu Province, has carved 3,793 Chinese characters on 118 grains of rice. Chen can fit as many as 204 characters on a rice grain. He started in 1956 to train his eyesight and is now considering applying for a Guinness World Record. Rice carving originated from Emperor Qianlong's era in the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795) and was used by imperial exam sitters who carved poems on the grains to cheat. (Photo: VCG)

82-year-old Chen Jinyuan from Pingliang, Gansu Province, has carved 3,793 Chinese characters on 118 grains of rice. Chen can fit as many as 204 characters on a rice grain. He started in 1956 to train his eyesight and is now considering applying for a Guinness World Record. Rice carving originated from Emperor Qianlong's era in the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795) and was used by imperial exam sitters who carved poems on the grains to cheat. (Photo: VCG)

82-year-old Chen Jinyuan from Pingliang, Gansu Province, has carved 3,793 Chinese characters on 118 grains of rice. Chen can fit as many as 204 characters on a rice grain. He started in 1956 to train his eyesight and is now considering applying for a Guinness World Record. Rice carving originated from Emperor Qianlong's era in the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795) and was used by imperial exam sitters who carved poems on the grains to cheat. (Photo: VCG)