Jangsu Park장수공원(열녀문)

About

Jangsu Park, one of the landmarks of Sinwol-dong, stretches from the 'Street of Flowing Water' at Sinjeong Intersection to the covered roadway in Sinwol-dong. With acupressure walking paths, badminton courts, and more along the way, it is a park for both strolling and exercise. Haenuri Fountain Plaza on the Street of Flowing Water is a waterside park that keeps things cool and serves as a fun playground for city kids. The park's central plaza also has a memorial bearing the names of veterans who served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Follow the park's 'street you want to walk' and you will come to a yeollyeomun, a gate honoring a virtuous woman. The woman it honors, Lady Yi, was born a cherished daughter of the distinguished Jeonui Yi clan, but lost her husband early. Grieving for him, she refused to eat and died in her late twenties. When the royal court learned of this, in 1729 (the 5th year of King Yeongjo's reign) it granted the gate, with a plaque reading 'Gate of the Virtuous Woman Lady Yi of Jeonui, Wife of the Scholar Won Jeong-ik,' to honor her devotion.