A 35 -year -old man in China has failed urban life and now lives in a cave. According to him, work and marriage are simply not for him.
Min Hengcai, from the Sichuan province, gave up his work in 2021 as a driver with a ride. Although he once earned around $ 1,400 a month, he felt that work was unnecessary and stressful. His feelings were intensified especially after working long hours to repay family debts.
He still owes $ 42,000, but he says he tried to repay, especially because his relatives sold their assets. He traded his country for a smaller piece with a nearby cave and spent $ 6,000 to repair as his new home.
Now he wakes up at 8 am. He reads, goes through, grows his own food and goes to bed at 10pm. He lives simply, he only spends on the foundations. For min, this peace life in nature is exactly what it has reduced in a busy city.
Min calls the cave “black hole”, which says he is all his universe and a reminder of how small he is in the world.
His cave life was caused by the main buzzing online. He shares his simple lifestyle online with 40,000 followers.
Min told Sichuan that marriage is “a waste of time and money”. Finding true love is so rare that it is not worth the effort.
“The probability of finding true love is very low. Why would I want to work hard for something so rare?” Southern China Morning Post quoted him like he said.
SCMP quoted some social media users as “Tang Ping”, a term for people who just want to cool and make a bare minimum. Others appreciated him as a “true philosopher”.
But not everyone was impressed. He believes he is not completely out of the grid because he does conversations and live streaming.
Daniel Suelo: The man who left the money
Min can remind many Daniel Suelo, who lived in a cave near Moab in Utah for 16 years. He was born as Daniel James Shellabarger and chose a life without money.
Suelo said lifestyle felt liberated. A friend called him the “happiest person” he knew. In 2016, Suelo returned to take care of his parents and later share his story online. His journey inspired a book, a man who left the money.
“… we all live money in our core, in our everyday events with friends, family and even strangers …” Suello said in an interview with a minimalist.
“Although people do not intend to give up money, they can still find that it is not the end of the world if they lose their money,” he added.
(Tagstotranslate) China US
