However, almost all bigger caves, such as Lingyan Cave, Chienyuan Cave, Hailay Cave, Chaoyin Cave, and Kuenluen Cave, have been occupied by people pursuing religious practice

Taiwan News 
Date: 2017/11/20
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—New Stone Age relics were found from Lingyan Cave, the first

cave of Baxian Cave (八仙洞) in Changbin Township in Taiwan’s eastern county of Taitung, after the county government took back the cave, according to archaeologist Tsang Cheng-hwa (臧振華), whose team has been excavating the cave since July.

Tsang said that New Stone Age pottery pieces and animal remains had been excavated from on the layer one meter below the cave, adding that it is fortunate that the archaeological layer of the site was not destroyed during the long period when the site was occupied by a temple.

Baxian Cave is located on the cliffs that face the Pacific Ocean, and there are dozens of natural sea caves. These sea caves were originally in the sea but are now located on the cliffs a very short distance from the sea because the rise of the Earth’s crust on the east coast of Taiwan.

Baxian Cave is the oldest prehistoric site that has been found in Taiwan and is ranked as a first class national historical site.     [FULL  STORY]