As crossing over the bridge, there were 2 stone monuments.
This kind of monument was really interesting for me, because this monument has no relation with Buddhism.
These kinds of monuments were called ‘Jang Seung’ in Korean
Actually those moments used to be made with wood and were made for protecting village.
As far as I remember, it was a first case there stood ‘Jang Seung’ to protect the temple.
Those stone ‘Jang Seung’ were the evidence that Korean Buddhism accepted local traditional religion.
Other interesting point was the face was so much similar to ‘Harbang’ of Jeju Island. In my guess, there must’ve been strong connection between ‘Jang Seung’ and ‘Harbang’ in ancient religion in Korea.
Those ‘Jang Seungs’ seemed to be made after being burned and destroyed by Japanese Army during the war 1592-1597.
It was written that a wealthy family donated those monuments to protect the tempe.
