The shrine to the great sage "go-un" at Gaya-san Haein-sa.
This was November 7th, 2023 -- I was thrilled to finally visit it, since it was created in 2020..!
Overall View --- it's just in front of the Dokseong-gak [Lonely Saint Shrine], at the western wall.
It features three cranes, two as flower-trestle sculptures, and the brass one above him --- white cranes were a primary symbol of scholarly virtues; and "hak" can mean crane (using a different Chinese character) and so while the title of this shrine "Haksa-dae" means "Scholar Hill" it also has the suggestion of "Crane-Master Hill"...
Side-view; note the writing-brush in his extended hand. "Go-un" [Lone Cloud, his pen-name] Choi Chi-won one of Korea's primary genius-scholars, revered as 'the father of Korean literature' as well as an excellent government official of both Tang & Shilla. However, after his proposals to reform the corrupt collapsing Shilla Dynasty were ignored, he left Gyeongju and one group the southern mountains for two decades. He often stayed in Buddhist temples there, sometimes composing their history for
He is depicted in Confucian-Official robes, with a stack of books and a walking-staff next to him; he is gazing upwards towards the Heavenly Principles, in Inspiration. After his proposals to reform the corrupt Shilla Dynasty were ignored "Go-un" left Gyeongju and wandered the southern mountains for two decades staying in Buddhist temples (sometimes writing their history for them) and becoming a Daoist Master --- so he is known simply as Daeseong ["the Great Sage"].
It is believed that at the end of his earthly life he lived at a hermitage of Haein-sa, which is why the temple (finally!) built this shrine for him. It is further said that at Shilla's end (early 900s) he hiked to Gaya-san's summit, and on it ascended as a Shinseon [spiritual-immortal], instead of dying. He remains Korea's greatest Shinseon figure!