Shaoguan , is a
prefecture-level city in the north of
Guangdong province, China, bordering
Hunan to the northwest and
Jiangxi to the northeast. It is home to the mummified remains of the sixth
Zen Buddhist patriarch
Huineng. Its built-up or metro area made up of Zhenjiang and Wujiang urban districts was home to 688,229 inhabitants at the 2010 census, Qujiang district not being conurbated yet.