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How thick is the thickest book?
The thickest book is 23 centimeters thick.

Two thousand years of China Buddhism, the largest, thickest and heaviest book in the world, was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The book is 23 cm thick, with a high-level layout (as big as People's Daily) and nearly 2 million words, including more than 10,000 precious historical photos and calligraphy and painting. 2,000 copies were printed out of print, of which more than 300 copies and 700 copies were collected by national famous temples and overseas believers. The domestic distribution was less than 1000 copies, and 68 copies were limited to Fujian, with a price of 56,000 yuan per copy. This book expounds the origin and development of Buddhism from the perspectives of history, culture and art, and can be described as an encyclopedia for studying Buddhism. As a precious limited edition book, it is unique in content and form. The cover of the book is carved with precious natural gold nanmu, and there is a pure gold emblem with a Buddhist mascot pattern of 12g.