In the right corner of the ground, there was a memorial stupa for master monk Seon Gak ( 684 - 817 AD ) who had rebuilt this temple for 8 years long.
The record of Master Monk Seun Gak was caved on the body of the monument.
What made me interesting was the bottom of the stupa and the capstone.
As other memorial stupa, the bottom was carved in the form of the tortoise. But the appearance of head was quite different from normal ones.
The head was as similar as that of dragons.
It feels like that they tried to show people some sacred atmosphere.
The sacred ball was in its mouth like a dragon.
The feet and the tail were well preserved
The style of the tail told this sculpture was carved during late Shilla and early Goryeo dynasty.
I’m not ready to compare and introduce the those tortoise sculpture of memorial stupas, but in near future I’d like to try.
The patterns on the body of the tortoise were very vivid as it made in recent times.
The patterns of the capstone were also so vivid.