Kung Fu Artist Who Tows Cars, Cuts Paper With Hair Quits to Become Nun
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Chinese kung fu artist who tows cars and cuts paper with her braided hair has given up her crowning glory to officially become a Buddhist nun.
Zhang Tingting completely shaved off the hair that she says has "kung fu power" and extraordinary strength so that she can enter a temple as a nun.
"I really always wanted to cut my hair off, but I couldn't because of the performances. But this time I've given it up for good," Zhang told Reuters. "It feels great."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 52-year-old artist has performed across China for decades, after taking up martial arts when she was 17. She began living the life of a nun two years ago.
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Before bidding her meter-long braid farewell, she pulled six passenger cars some 164 feet through a Beijing suburb, then repeated the feat with 10 cars, for about 30 meters, in her hometown of Kaifeng, Henan Province.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Although Zhang and her plait are now permanently separated, the hair has been preserved. Authorities are considering sending it on a pilgrimage to sacred Buddhist sites in Tibet, or displaying it in a local museum.
The Guinness World Record for the heaviest single vehicle to have been pulled by a person's hair is held by He Jianma from China, who dragged an 8.28-ton bus 98 feet this May.