South China Morning Post
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โSky breaksโ: in some China regions, lying flat can avoid bad luck; use โmending pancakesโ
While many Chinese people joke that they โwork like a dogโ because they are anxious about dropping out of the rat race, there is a tradition in some areas that people can legitimately โlie flatโ 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...