<p>Sanshingak (Mountain-spirit Shrine). Sanshin are the local gods of mountains typically represented as an elder male figure surrounded by tigers.
</p><p>Saseongam is said to have been built by Priest Yeongi Chosa in 544.
</p><p>Named Saseongam, or the Hermitage of Four Saints, after four high priests: Yongi Chosa, Wonhyo Taesa, Toseon Kuksa, and Chinkak Seonsa, that lived and worked here at one time.
</p><p>Saseong Hermitage is Jeollanamdo Cultural Property Material #33.
Initially the hermitage was called Osanam before it was renamed Saseongam or the Hermitage of Four Saints after four high priests: Yongi Chosa, Wonhyo Taesa, Toseon Kuksa, and Chinkak Seonsa, that worked here.
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It is thus believed that high priests practiced asceticism here in a period from the closing period of Unified Silla through the Goryeo Kingdom Period.
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