The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in slope direction (aspect) and angle for the absorption of solar radiation and thus surface temperature changes of mudstone. A nature ring-like mudstone was selected to observe the receiving solar radiation onto the different slopes of the mudstone using a pyrarometer. The observation time was chosen based on the four solar terms, including the vernal equinox, the summer solstice, the autumnal, equinox, and the winter solstice in accordance with the solar incident angles and the solar azimuth. The results obtained was summarized as follows. The results indicated that there existed a positive correlations between the solar incident angles and the amount of the direct radiation on the different slopes. The technique used in this study was proved to be able to estimate the tendency of the temperature changes on the various slopes of the mudstone and to reveal the results of rain erosion and plant growth tendency. In comparisons of the amounts of the direct solar radiation absorbed between the eastward and westward slopes and the southward slope in a day, results indicated that radiation absorbed in the east and west slopes was 1.31 to 1.48 folds higher than that of the south slope at the summer solstice, was 0.81 to 0.92 folds at both the vernal and the autumnal equinox, and was 0.53 to 0.60 folds at the winter solstice. The average sunshine hours received in the east and west slope were smaller than that of the south slope, but the strength of the hourly radiation was greater than that of the south slope.