Yeongdeungpo-gu

Dangsan-dong Bugundang

• Location : 110-71 Dangsan-dong 6-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.
• Overview : There used to be a jar containing the tutelary spirit of a house site around the large ginkgo tree (on the right, 30m from the current location). During the early Joseon Dynasty, Dang ritual was performed at this place and a shamanism temple was built to protect 28 households as village people then have evacuated to this location and saved their lives during the great flood in 1925. The memorial stone at Bugundang specifies that it was constructed on April 8, 1450, and the current memorial stone records that the construction was on April 15, 1974. The shrine suggests ethnic values as it houses the Bugun spirit in the center, and eight sprits on the left and right, including Gunwoong, Chilsung, Jaeyeok, Mansin, Janggun, Daegam, Dodang, Grandfather, and Grandmother.

Banghakgotji Bugundang

• Location : 36-4 Sin-gil 2-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu.
• Overview : It is also dubbed Banghak-dong because cranes frequently visit the white sand and a thickly-wooded hill with pine trees as rattan trees provide excellent scenery. Another name for this shrine is gristmill, a location that ground grain and delivered to the castle. The shrine was built about 300 years ago but most of it was damaged during the Korean War and repaired by the residents. According to oral tradition, Yoon Jung-seung was drowned in flood and lost his conscious. Fortunately, a carp showed up and gave him a ride on its back to the sandy field at the Banghakgotji shore; thus, he built the shrine and performed ritual services.

Dodang

• Location: 285-2 Singil-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu.
• Overview: In the past, there used to be a cross-shape river in Singil-ri in the village where many fishing boats went by way of Incheon, Gimpo, and Han River through the river. An old oriental oak on the dockside hill became a shrine to the village deity to pray for safe and good catch for fishing boats. According to oral tradition, people built Dodang and enshrined mountain spirits from about 380 years ago. Sanghangmun records that the current Dodang was built in 1949. The Sherman house is built with Korean roof tiles and inside, there are altar portrait of Buddha as well as altar made of table and ritual utensils under the altar portrait. On the ceiling to the right is written: Enjoy five blessings in response to three kids of lights in the sky. The house enshrines two portraits of human status – Dodang Grandfather and Grandmother. The portrait was repainted as it was stolen many years. Ritual service is performed on October 3, every year.

Anti-communist Memorial Tower

• Location: 20-4 Singil-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.
• Overview: The tower is located at the Nodeul-gil, passing Yeouido Saetgang adjoining Singil Station. It was established by Yeongdeungpo-gu Veteran's Association on June 25, 1978 to commemorate 134 patriotic youth who scarified for democracy and freedom since the Korean independence and until the Korea War. The center of the tower has inscriptions that read, "My Life to the Eternal Homeland" and also a dedicated poem by No Sahn Poem Lee Eun-sang. The memorial service is held on June 25 every year.

Monument to commemorate Han River Defense Infantry Division

• Location: 153 Yanghwa-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.
• Overview: When North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, No. 18 Infantry Regiment stationed in Samgakji, Seoul took part in the war, the 3rd squadron (Commander Kim Sang-deok) was defending the regimental headquarters. When the enemy attacked Seoul on June 28, the 3rd squadron hastily installed a camp in Samgakji and underwent combat in cities but was pushed back to Yeongdeungpo through Mapo by an overwhelming number of enemies; it built a camp at the bank of Han River and fought against the enemies that attempted to attack government buildings.
  Far East Commander McArthur who visited Korea to examine the defense status of Koran forces and terrain of Han River pledged America's support; the squadron with boosted morale defended Yeongdeungpo on its own for seven days, which was a significant contribution in reinforcing the American ground forces and delaying ally force's action. The record monument was constructed on October 1, 2003, half a century later to commemorate fighting spirits of those soldiers who fought fiercely with inferior troops and equipment.

Mullae Arts Village

An art studio town that has been formed since 2003 by small and medium-sized ironworks concentrated on Mullae 3-ga, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. In the 2000s, as the tenant companies moved out of the complex due to the factory relocation policy and redevelopment, young artists from Hongdae, Daehak-ro , and other areas became aware of the place by word of mouth and began to fill in the vacant ironwork sites to turn them into their own art studios. More than 170 artists are active in some 100 workspaces as of the first half of 2011. Including visual arts genres such as painting, installation, sculpture, design, illustration, photography, video, calligraphy, film, fashion and animation, performing artists for the genres of dance, theater, mime, street performances, traditional arts and music, as well as cultural activists from various fields, including cultural criticism, cultural planning, scenarios and natural sciences have established their workspaces in this area.

• Location: Dorim-ro 128-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu
• Contact: 02-2670-3131