On this rock ledge directly adjacent to the South Peak Temple, Shitou Xiqian built his meditation hut, as described in the "Grass Shack Song."
Ven. Shi Bao Tan, Abbot of Nan Tai Si, at the entrance gate to South Peak Temple, Nanyue, Hunan Province, 1991. The sign at the temple gate announces that one is entering a "Cao-Dong Ancestors" temple.
Governor Li Ao in conversation with Yaoshan (seated). From a 12th-century brush painting by Ma Kuei. The original is in Nanzen-ji, Kyoto.
