Danwon Sculpture Park is located in Sangnok-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do. As its name suggests, various sculptures are displayed along the park's walking paths. The displayed sculptures include works by top domestic artists as well as award-winning pieces from the Danwon Art Competition, making it enjoyable to observe the artworks while strolling. Nearby the park are Ansan Botanical Garden and Seongho Memorial Hall, making it a pleasant area for a leisurely walk and visit.
Yi Ik Teacher's Tomb is located at Cheomseongchong, where the great Silhak scholar Seongho Yi Ik lived his entire life and left a significant academic legacy. In 1985, Yi Ik was selected as one of ten scholars in the ideological category among those who illuminated Korea's national culture, leading to the maintenance of the tomb area. In 1988, the shrine (a house where ancestral tablets are kept) Cheomseongsa and the memorial hall Gyeonghojae (a building for rites beside the tomb) were completed. Furthermore, in 2002, the Seongho Museum was built opposite the tomb area to honor the scholar's Silhak ideas. Yi Ik's tomb is located on a sunny hill surrounded by a pine forest and is a joint burial with his two wives, featuring mourning stone statues, a top stone, and an incense burner stone. The shrine is open on weekdays, and inside the triple gate is Gyeonghojae, with Cheomseongsa, a three-bay building housing Yi Ik's portrait, located behind it. Nestled among urban residential areas, the modest Yi Ik Teacher's Tomb is like a cozy garden blending the beauty of ginkgo and pine trees.
Nojeokbong Park is an urban nature park located at the gateway to Ansan city. Standing on the summit of Nojeokbong, you can see the entire view of Ansan city at a glance. Especially, the sunset over the West Sea seen from the summit is a magnificent spectacle. The mountain ridge is a branch of Surisan and corresponds to the Cheongryong tail in Ansan-eupji. The mountain shape resembles a piled stack of rice straw, hence called Nojeokbong. The park has a circular walking trail, ideal for strolls, and features a man-made waterfall originally constructed with artificial rock but later rebuilt with 1,900 natural stones into a two-tiered natural stone waterfall. Additionally, the park includes rose and azalea gardens, attracting much attention, and it offers various amenities and attractions, serving not only as a leisure space for Ansan citizens but also as an urban symbol of Ansan. Connected to Nojeokbong Park is the Kim Hong-do Theme Trail, which marks the area of Seongpo-dong where Kim Hong-do, a representative painter of Ansan, spent his childhood. The trail allows visitors to enjoy a walking path through landmarks such as Kim Hong-do Art Museum, Nojeokbong Park, Seongho Park, Cheongmundang, Jeomseong Park, and Danwon Sculpture Park, making it a popular circular walking trail in Ansan.
Ansan City Happiness Etiquette Center is a place where traditional culture can be experienced, serving as a space for citizens to come together. It values helping Ansan citizens learn life wisdom through tradition and grow as leaders based on kindness and respect as fundamental virtues. For multicultural families, it aims to help them understand different cultures through interaction and adapt easily to society as Koreans in the world. Additionally, children and youth, as future leaders, can grow into warm-hearted individuals who manage themselves and consider others through etiquette education with experience-based programs. For adults, there are hands-on experiences such as introductory courses in tea ceremony, etiquette, royal court cuisine, and traditional culture. For children and youth, programs include children's etiquette classes, global culture experiences, and holiday etiquette schools. Furthermore, it supports multicultural families residing in Ansan by providing free traditional weddings, striving to inherit and develop our traditional culture in multicultural Ansan.
Sasechungnyeolmun is a loyalist and virtuous woman’s gate bestowed by the court to honor General Kim Yeomul (1548–1592), who died patriotically during the Imjin War, and the four generations of virtuous women in the Kim Yeomul family who sacrificed their lives when Qing troops invaded during the Byeongjahoran. The gate is a wooden structure characterized by square pillars in the jushimpo style and a hipped roof. The central section has a door modeled after a traditional folk house gate with the plaque “Sasechungnyeolmun” hung above it, and the building is surrounded by a fence. Inside, the building is divided into two rooms: the right side displays Kim Yeomul’s loyalist gate, and the left side houses the virtuous women’s gate for the four generations. The current building was rebuilt in 1971 and restored in 1983.
