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szdaily -> Travel -> 
Zhaoyin Temple, Shaoguan
    2014-08-04  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

    James Baquet

    jamesbaquet@gmail.com

    THIS side-trip was a two-for-one. Zhaoyin Temple is found in the Maba Man historical site, located between Shaoguan and the renowned Nanhua Temple.

    Near Maba Town is Lion Crag, two huge rock formations riddled with caves. In 1958 a skull was found inside one, which has been dated to around 130,000 years before the present, and called Maba Man after the town.

    Paleontologists have noticed something interesting: the skull of this being — similar in many ways to Europe’s Neanderthals — appears to have suffered violence, and then lived into his 40s. From this they deduce, first, this is the earliest known example of hominid-on-hominid violence, and second, culture had developed to the point that he was cared for until he recovered from his wound.

    After walking alone through the eerily lighted cave where he was discovered, I hiked out to the far end of the park and my goal. Although it is not on my list, Zhaoyin Temple has been cited as a possible place of meditation for Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen), whose presence dominated this trip.

    Zhaoyin’s situation is glorious. The cave is situated halfway up one of Lion Crag’s twin peaks. A front wall has been built across the opening, but it doesn’t rise to the roof, letting in plenty of natural light. Stairs on the cliff-face lead up to the temple today, but there was clearly access from a lower cave to this upper one once upon a time.

    I love caves; they’re mysterious and evocative. And I love temples. A temple in a cave? I was in ecstasy!

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