Ssanggyesa Temple, South Gyeongsang Province

A stele resting, on a pedestal shaped like a tortoise, at Ssanggyesa, a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, located on the southern slopes of Jirisan. It was founded in 722 by two disciples of Uisang named Sambeop and Daebi and was renamed “Ssanggyesa” (Twin-Streams Monastery) in the 9th century. Most of the temple dates to the 17th century or thereafter, because all its buildings were burned to the ground by Japanese invaders in 1592.