Saseongam is said to have been built in 544, the 22nd year of the reign of King Seong of Baekche, by Priest Yeongi Josa (연기조사), but there are no records to substantiate it.

[1] It is believed that the high priests practiced asceticism (the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state by rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint) here for an interval from the closing period of Unified Silla era through the Goryeo Kingdom era.

[3] The Main Hall sits atop three massive red wood pillars positioned in front a standing Buddha cut into rock face, called Maaeyeoraeipsang (마애여래입상).

The Buddha carved into the rock face is visible through a large glass window that makes up most of the back wall of the main hall.

Sanshin are the local gods of mountains typically represented as an elder male figure surrounded by tigers.