Chinese man wins ‘lying flat’ contest by resting on mattress for more than 33 hours
Live-streamed promotional event for mattress company borrows from so-called lying flat trend among young people; attracts millions of viewers
A 23-year-old man in China has won a “lying-flat competition” by resting on a mattress for 33 hours and 35 minutes.
The contest, sponsored by a domestic mattress brand, kicked off at 10.18am on November 15 at a shopping centre in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, northern China, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported.
Its title borrowed the popular slang term “lying flat”, known as tang ping in Chinese.
This refers to a mindset which rejects hard work and chooses doing the bare minimum to get by which has been popular among young people because of heavy social pressure and tough job market.
In the contest, anyone who can lie on the mattress without sitting up, leaving the mattress or going to the toilet for the longest period wins.