Who needs a wallet?

Thousands of web users are uploading selfies this week to show how many coins they can hold with their collarbones, according to People’s Daily Online.

The trending topic has amassed more than 34 million hits on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, since it appeared on June 16.

The challenge post claims that the more coins you hold, the better your figure is. And coins must be kept standing up as much as possible.

Pictures shared by web users show that most participants are women.

In the photos, it’s common to see skinny women holding around 20 coins on a single collarbone.

There is yet to be any scientific theory to support the challenge. 

One picture received particular attention.

Lv Jiarong, a Chinese actress, is seen balancing around 80 coins on her two collarbones while still managing to take a selfie.

Some participants have given the challenge a funny spin. They are pictured holding unexpected objects, from mobile phones, eggs to flasks, with the base of their necks.

The collarbone craze appeared on Chinese social media briefly in 2013, but has gathered much more attention since the post re-appeared.

The unusual test came just a week after the country went wild at the ‘belly button challenge’, a trend that sees more than 300 million people touching their navels from around the back - to prove they have good bodies.

Skinny figures are considered a sign of beauty in China. Celebrities with prominent collarbones and small waist, such as Zhang Ziyi and Miranda Kerr, are popular among people. 

(dailymail.co.uk)