On June 2, 2002, a watermelon was sold at a high price of 19000 yuan. ? On the afternoon of June 2nd, the 5th 1 Daxing Watermelon Festival "Guawang" auction broke the Guinness World Record of last year's "most expensive watermelon": after more than 30 rounds of fierce competition, Sun Kaijun, the bidder of heavyweight "Guawang" Zhiguo 1 quilt1,took 19000. The melon king who won the Guinness World Record last year weighed 28kg, and the auction price was 13200 yuan. ? Sun Kaijun, the bidder of 1, is the head of Julongyuan Hotel in Chaoyang District. He finally got his wish and became the winner. Sun Kaijun firmly told reporters: "I'm here to hang the king, and the blank checks are all ready." He told reporters that the company will immediately contact a welfare home, so that employees of the company and the elderly in the welfare home can share the delicious taste of the melon king, and will never let go of the melon. This is all old news.

In 2008, Jason Brett's family in Arkansas, USA, cultivated the world's largest watermelon, weighing 144 kg. This should be the largest watermelon known in the world.