躺平
just lying flat
China's youth chose to lie down. The government wasn't happy.
So... what is 躺平 (Tang Ping)?
this is tang ping.躺平 (táng píng) literally means “lying flat.” It's the act of choosing to do the bare minimum — rejecting the 996 grind, the rat race, the pressure to buy a house, get married, have kids. It's not laziness. It's a deliberate choice to opt out.
In April 2021, a 31-year-old named Luo Huazhong posted “Lying Flat Is Justice” on Baidu Tieba. He'd quit his factory job, biked 1,300 miles to Tibet, and decided he could live on $60 a month. His post went viral. Within weeks, 200,000 people joined online 躺平 forums.
The government wasn't amused. State media Xinhua called it “shameful.” Nanfang Daily called it “poisonous chicken soup.” Xi Jinping personally wrote against it. Censors deleted the original post, shut down forums, banned 躺平 merchandise, and ordered platforms to restrict the term.
$躺平 (Tang Ping) puts the movement on-chain. They censored the posts. They shut down the forums. They banned the merch. But you can't censor a blockchain. The movement lives on Solana now.
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In The News
The world's biggest outlets covered the movement. Now it's on Solana.
These Chinese Millennials Are 'Chilling,' and Beijing Isn't Happy
“Lying flat has become part of a nascent Chinese counterculture.”
Read article →Young Chinese take a stand against pressures of modern life — by lying down
“Lying flat has become a rallying call for Chinese millennials who reject the rat race.”
Read article →China's new 'tang ping' trend aims to highlight pressures of work culture
“They literally just want to lie down with a book, rather than keep the momentum going.”
Read article →Youth are 'lying flat' because they're exhausted and without hope
“If you cannot see any hope, then you want to 'tang ping.'”
Read article →China's Gen Z Is Dejected, Underemployed and Slowing the Economy
“About 15 million young people estimated to be jobless, with youth unemployment hitting a record 19.3%.”
Read article →'I accept being ordinary': China's youth reject hustle culture
“When I was 22, I worried if I would have achieved nothing at 30. But now at 30, I accept being ordinary.”
Read article →Before 'quiet quitting,' there was 'lying flat' in China
“Lying down is my philosophical movement. Only through lying down flat can humans become the measure of all things.”
Read article →The 'lying flat' movement standing in the way of China's innovation drive
“There are societal limits to the power of the Party-state to generate economic vibrancy through campaign-style approaches.”
Read article →What is 'lying flat,' and why are Chinese officials standing up to it?
“Lying flat is a state of mind — I feel that many things are not worthy of my attention and energy.”
Read article →China censors pessimism online as Gen Z 'lying flat' worries Beijing
“Youth unemployment reached a record 20%. The government responded by banning pessimism.”
Read article →“Lying flat is my wise movement. Only by lying flat can humans become the measure of all things.”
— Luo Huazhong
“If we chives lie flat, then it's hard for them to cut or chop us.”
— Chinese internet
“They can censor the posts. They can't censor the chain.”
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