Yeongcheon Station Plaza is located in Wansan-dong, Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do. At the exit of the station, a bronze city guide map and a design representing the 12 constellations are installed. In addition, a fountain sculpture, a performance hall, and scenic landscaping trees have been set up to serve as an urban resting space. It is also well-known as a meeting place for Yeongcheon citizens and travelers. The plaza is close to Yeongcheon IC and nearby are the Yeongcheon Battle Memorial Park experience center and Uroji Natural Ecology Park.
Yeongcheon Changdae Seowon was established in 1697 in Nokjeon-dong, Yeongcheon-si, by the local Confucian scholars to commemorate Jeong Dae-im. In 1786 (the 10th year of King Jeongjo's reign), Jeongje was commemorated, but the seowon was abolished in 1868 (the 5th year of King Gojong) due to the Daewongun's order to close seowons. Later, in 1955, it was relocated from Changdae Village in Nokjeon-dong, Yeongcheon-si, to its current location. It was destroyed by fire in 2004 but subsequently restored. Jeong Dae-im actively participated in the Imjin War, fighting against the enemy without hesitation and made remarkable achievements by defeating Japanese forces. The site’s buildings include Sau, Sinmun, Ssangjeondang, Dongjae, and Mungkanchae. Sau is a hipped-and-gabled roof building with three bays at the front and one and a half bays on the side, housing the spirit tablets of Jeong Dae-im and Jeongje. Ssangjeondang, serving as a lecture hall, is a pavilion-style building with a hipped-and-gabled roof, four bays at the front, and one and a half bays on the side; its layout has a half-bay front porch and three ondol rooms behind it, with railings around the porch’s front and side. Dongjae, located behind the main gate and perpendicular to Ssangjeondang, is a gable-roofed building with three bays front and one and a half bays side; like the lecture hall, it features a half-bay porch in front and ondol rooms behind.
Yeongcheon Sungnyeoldang is the house where General Yi Sun-mong (1386–1449), who distinguished himself in the conquest of Tsushima and the Jurchens during the reign of King Sejong of Joseon, lived. It was built in 1433 in a Chinese style. The scale of Yeongcheon Sungnyeoldang is five kan wide in front and three kan wide on the side. The roof viewed from the side has a gable roof shaped like the Chinese character for "person" (人), with additional wings extended on both end kan of the roof. This shape shows a transformation of a gable roof into a hipped-and-gable roof. The decorative structure supporting the eaves of the roof, placed above the pillars, extends outward like a bird's beak. The floor plan has narrower end kans by one ja compared to the middle three kans, and the interior ceiling is decorated as a lotus lantern ceiling, where the wooden framework is clearly visible. While the structure shows construction methods of early Joseon, some of the intricate and beautiful carvings of the materials reflect craftsmanship from the late Joseon period.
Joyanggak, a building towering on a hill north of the Yeongcheon River, was constructed in 1368 (17th year of King Gongmin of Goryeo) through the cooperation of Lee Yong, then magistrate, and local Confucian scholars. It is recognized as one of the three great pavilions of Yeongnam, along with Yeongnamru of Miryang and Chokseokru of Jinju. Also called Myeongwonru or Seoseoru, Joyanggak originally had multiple buildings such as Cheongnyangdang and Ssangcheongdang on both sides, but all were destroyed during the Imjin War. The pavilion, with five bays across the front and three bays along the side, displays over 80 wooden plaques engraved with poetry from numerous celebrated scholars and aesthetes who passed through the area. The grounds also contain commemorative monuments such as the Sannam Uijin Monument, Yeongcheon District Victory Monument, Baeksin-ae Literary Monument, and Hwangseong Old Site Song Monument.
Yeongcheon Ecological District Park is a nature-friendly park created along the Geumho River, providing citizens with a pleasant resting and leisure space. The park features walking trails and bicycle paths along the Geumho River, and different flowers such as purple rape flowers, peonies, poppies, and lilies color the park each season, offering visual enjoyment to citizens and visitors. Yeongcheon Ecological District Park is a green retreat within the city where ecology and landscaping harmonize, serving as a healing space to promote citizens' health and increase leisure activities.
Yeongcheon Hyanggyo is a local national educational institution with a typical Jeonhak-Humyo layout, dedicated to honoring the Confucian sages and cultivating scholarship. The Daeseongjeon, a shrine for ancestral rites, enshrines the spirit tablets of Confucius and twenty-five other sages. Daeseongjeon was completed in 1435 by a Ming Dynasty carpenter using Chinese architectural style, a rare form in Korea, and is currently designated as Treasure No. 616. Myeongnyundang measures five bays wide and three bays deep, with a gable roof shaped like the Chinese character for 'person' (人) when viewed from the side. The entrance features Yuraeru (牖來樓) which can be passed through, and the front yard has a 500-year-old pagoda tree. On both sides are Dongjae and Seojae, where students resided.
