Main Tourist Attractions in Course

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  Tongui-dong Pine Tree Site

  Tongui-dong Pine Tree is recorded as the biggest and beautiful pine tree with height of 16 m and girth of 5 m. Although it was designated as a natural monument in 1962, the tree fell down due to the heavy rain on July 1997 and only the lower part remains until now.

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  Sangchonjae Hanok House

  Sangchonjae Hanok House is a cultural space for traditional Hanok and it opened on July 2017 at Jongno-gu. This place was made by purchasing a deserted house owned by Korean National Police Agency and recovering the house over a year. Sangchonjae Hanok House is made based on traditional Hanok style from the late 19th century and it is composed of main building, sarangchae (guesthouse), servant’s house, and outhouse. Also, the house is made based on the house of middle class in Joseon Dynasty.

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  Yun Deok-yeong’s House (Byuksusanjang)

  Yun Duk-yeong who was a member of pro-Japanese group bought more than half of Ogin-dong regions with the fund from Japan and built Byuksusanjang. With 3 floors and 1 basement, Byuksusanjang was called ‘Mansion of Hanyang’ at that time for its hugesize. Byuksusanjang was used by United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea (UNCURK) from 1954 and it was tore down in 1973 due to road maintenance work. Currently, portion of the 4 front gate pillars remain on thealley to show the traces of the time.

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  Ogin-dong Yun Family’s House

  Ogin-dong Yun Family’s House was built in 1919 and a house in Namsangol Hanol Village was made by copying Yun Family’s house. The overall shape of the house is □ with ㄷ-shaped main building, floored room (sarangchae), and main entrance. As Ogin-dong Yun Family’s House was the house of the upper class family at that time, the house’s pillar on the front side of the main building is applied with Ikkong style which is very rare for a general private house.

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  Suseong-dong Valley

  Suseong-dong Valley was named Suseong-dong for noisy water sound from the valley in Joseon Dynasty. The valley was loved by numerous poets and painters for its excellent scenery. Gyeomjae Jeongseon painted Suseong-dong Valley with a stone bridge named Giringyo Bridge in the Book on Eight Scenic Views of Jangdong. In 2011, Suseong-dong Valley was recovered after tearing down Ogin Sibeon Apartment.

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  Yun Dong-ju’s Boarding House

  Nusang-dong 9 beonji, Jongno-gu is the place where a novelist named Kim Song’s house existed and Yun Dong-ju stayed at the house for about 5 months from May 1941 to September 1941 while he was attending Chosen Christian College. The hanok does not exist anymore and 3-storied multiplex housing is built instead. It is said that Yun wrote 10 poems including ‘Cross’, ‘Beginning of the Morning’, and ‘Sleepless Night’ in this house.

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  Park No-soo Art Museum

  Park No-soo Art Museum was originally a house built by Yun Deok-yeong on the southern side of Byuksusanjang for his daughter and son-in-law. The house was a two-story brick house designed by modern architect named Park Gil-ryong in 1930. The house had a unique form combining Japanese and Chinese styles on Korean and western-style structure. The house was owned by a painter Park No-soo since 1972. Park donated the house and 994 art works and stones to Jongno-gu in 2011. Then, Jongno-gu opened Seoul Treasure No.1 as Park No-soo Art Museum on September 2013.

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  Yi Sang-beom’s House

  This house was the place where a painter Yi Sang-beom (1897~1972) lived for 43 years from 1929 to 1972 until he passed away. The house is a typical urban Hanok composed of ㄱ-shape main building and ㅡ-shape servant’s house. Cheongseon Hwasuk beside the house was newly built in 1938 made for artworks and training disciples. Yi Sang-beom’s House was designated as Registered Cultural Properties No.171 in 2005.

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  I Sang’s House

  This house was purchased by The National Trust for Cultural Heritage in 2009 and opened as a cultural space. I sang who is famous for his piece got adopted by his uncle and lived in the house for 20 years until the age of 23.

• Geumcheongyo Market

  Geumcheongyo Bridge was the oldest bridge among the bridges built in Hanyangdoseong (Seoul City Wall) and it was made during the King Chungsuk in Goryeo Dynasty at present place of Gyeongbokgung Station Junction. However, the bridge disappeared due to road expansion in 1928. Geumcheongyo Market is named after this bridge and the market is well known for food culture in Sejong Village.