In 2021, Min left city life behind and traded his last piece of land for the right to live in a 50-square-meter cave in his hometown. He spent about $6,000 fixing it up and now lives a simple life, growing his own vegetables and spending very little money.<\/p>\n
Min\u2019s main reason for this drastic change? He believes marriage is a \u201cwaste of time and money.\u201d In a recent TV interview, he said, \u201cThe chance of finding true love is so low\u2014why work so hard for something so rare?\u201d Instead, he prefers the peace and freedom of his cave, which he calls the \u201cBlack Hole.\u201d<\/p>\n
His story has gone viral online, with some people admiring his decision to escape social pressures, while others think he\u2019s just running away from responsibility. Min\u2019s choice has sparked debate, especially among young people in China who feel overwhelmed by the demands of work and family.<\/p>\n\t\t For Min, living in a cave isn\u2019t just about escaping marriage\u2014it\u2019s about living life on his own terms, far from the expectations of modern society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 35-year-old man from Sichuan, China, has taken an unusual step to avoid marriage\u2014he\u2019s moved into a cave. Min Hengcai, once a city ride-hailing driver, says he found both work and marriage pointless. After years of long hours and mounting debt, Min decided he\u2019d had enough of society\u2019s expectations, especially the pressure to settle down and start a family. In […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":441166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532,1292,2540,2578],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-441163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-and-wellness","8":"category-humor","9":"category-international","10":"category-street-buzz"},"wps_subtitle":"","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cave-1-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cave-1.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/cave-1.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Rija Sohaib","categories_name":["Health and Wellness","Humor","International","Street Buzz"],"title_text":"Man Lives in a Cave to Avoid Marriage","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2532,1292,2540,2578&exclude=441163","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441163"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=441163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Cinema-6.jpg\")
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