【[EP05] Lovely Ladies Dormitory】

This has got to be [EP05] Lovely Ladies Dormitorythe most incredible family photo, period.

500 descendants from one man -- all with the same family name, Ren -- gathered in an eastern Chinese village to take this epic group shot:

In the photo are the 25th to 31st generations of this family from Shishecun, in Zhejiang.

SEE ALSO: 78-year-old grandma makes the perfect snow angel with help from her family

The photo was taken behind the basalt formations where the village was founded 20 years ago.

It took 30 minutes for the Rens to get into position, with organiser, Ren Tuanjie barking instructions through a loudhailer.

Mashable Trend Report Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means. Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

They were able to trace the extensive family tree through 13 genealogy scrolls. It's estimated that over 1,000 people in seven generations of Rens are still alive, said Ren Tuanjie -- whose name means "unity," incidentally.

Ren said he's trying to reach about a third of the 1,000 people who have left the village, in order to document them.

Weibo users were incredibly stoked about this photo:

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

LetsGoPlayqoq commented: "The youngest child is probably getting all the red packets (with money in them) until he can't take it anymore."

To which JinChiHeHua replied: "The oldest is probably bankrupt from distributing all the angpows," and JianghuEvilCantDefeat added: "You probably can get rich by being in this family."

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

NayamiXiaoJiang jokes: "Wait, did you say you're going to invite the whole family to dinner? I'll start making calls."

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

Kira_Tao: "It'll be awkward if you realised your girlfriend was in the group photo too."

---

Featured Video For You

---

China drove a 2-ton SUV over its record-breaking bridge to prove how safe it is

---

• Tech
• Shopping
• Games
• Social Good
• Deals
• Life
• Science
• Entertainment

• The Banality of Good
• Spotify's new Jam feature will let you listen to shared playlists in real time
• Geoff Dyer on James Salter’s First Novel, “The Hunters”
• “Defenestration of Prague,” a Poem by Susan Howe
• Toppling Monuments to White Supremacy
• Dan Bongino has been permanently banned from YouTube
• Spotify's new Jam feature will let you listen to shared playlists in real time
• Google Nest Audio smart speaker: $40 off with promo code
• A Right to Police Accountability
• Introducing Thomas David, Our New Writer

• Apple AirPods 4 vs. AirPods 3: Comparing design, features, and price
• Best Cyber Monday 2024 Kindle deals to shop
• 25+ best Bluetooth speaker deals on Cyber Monday 2024
• Best Cyber Monday self
• Walmart Cyber Monday deals 2024: Shop 125+ deals
• Best Black Friday SSD deal: Save 30% on Crucial X10 Pro
• Best Cyber Monday tablet deals 2024: More than just iPads
• Best Cyber Monday Amazon Echo deals in 2024
• Best early Cyber Monday Echo deal: Save over $50 on Echo Dot Kids
• Best Black Friday subscription deals 2024: Audible, streaming, Headspace

• Jacked Up
• iPhone 15 Pro overheating reports pop up around the internet
• Twitter is listing famous families that would only get 4 free COVID
• Searching for Cy Twombly in Lexington, Virginia
• NYT Strands hints, answers for May 24
• How Psychoanalysis Helped John Berryman’s Poetry
• YouTube is getting rid of its Premium Lite subscription plan
• Eighteenth
• Techies and Tankies
• How to take a screenshot on Mac

• Attorney-Tyrant Privilege
• Get an Apple iPad Air (5th gen) for $499.99 ahead of Prime Day
• Drawings of Ambrose Bierce’s Bitter, Misanthropic Epigrams
• William Styron Recalls the Founding of The Paris Review
• Why You Can't Buy Books from the Kindle app on iPhone or iPad in 2018
• The Sound of Sound: Two Remembrances of Ornette Coleman
• The Candor of Tourists
• How Psychoanalysis Helped John Berryman’s Poetry
• Jacked Up
• An Encounter at the Airport