South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 2 hrs ago
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‘Sky breaks’: in some China regions, lying flat can avoid bad luck; use ‘mending pancakes’
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In some Chinese regions, there is a traditional belief that people can 'lie flat' once a year on tian chuan (the day the sky breaks, typically the 20th day of the first lunar month) to ward off bad luck, based on the mythological story of the goddess Nuwa mending the sky.
‘Sky breaks’: in some China regions, lying flat can avoid bad luck; use ‘mending pancakes’
While many Chinese people joke that they “work like a dog” because they are anxious about dropping out of the rat race, there is a tradition in some areas that people can legitimately “lie flat” once a year to ward off bad luck.
The day is called tian chuan, or the day when the sky breaks. It usually falls on the 20th day of the first lunar month, and marks the day when the sky that Nuwa mended breaks once in a year.
Nuwa is a mythological figure, a mother goddess who is said to have moulded the
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