| The San-shin Shrine of Surak-san Doam-sa |
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| The unique "Stairway of Dharma Bells" leads steeply up to the San-shin Cliff-Shrine |
| The dramatic cliff-set Mountain-spirit Shrine of Doam-sa! Note the pagoda in-front, lanterns on sides -- indicating same status as a Buddha or Bodhisattva |
| 108 Votive Sanshin "candle" figures in a case, with names of devotees |
| The Ship-i-ji, or 12 Guardian-Animal Spirits, from Chinese Daoism but in the unique Korean motif of wearing military robes and holding weapons, which started with the tomb of General Kim Yu-shin in Gyeongju, around 700 CE. |
