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Ms. Lee, the heroine of this faithful woman's door was born as the daughter of the distinguished family of the Lees of Jeonui and praised very much for her filial devotion & righteous behavior when young.
Ms. Lee was married to the Wons of Wonju, devoted to her husband and parents-in-law with sincerity, and was friendly with her siblings. One day, her husband got seriously ill, so she was busy going here & there finding medicine and tended him all night, but he died. Because of grief for her dead husband, she didn't eat anything and threw away food without anyone knowing. After fasting for 1 week, she died in her late twenties.
The Royal court heard about this fact and granted the faithful woman's door in 1729 (5 years after Youngjo King's coronation) to honor Ms. Lee's sublime devotion. This faithful woman's door is a symbol that makes future generations understand the past and compare their present with their past.
 
There stands a stone monument called Jeongrang Gogae between Keumok Girls' High School and Sintry in Sinjeong 3 Dong.
It was initially called Jeongneung Gogae because people intended to set it as the royal tomb as the passage for salt from Incheon to Seoul in the Baekjae Dynasty of the 3 Kingdoms Period in addition to the various names of Jeongnam Gogae & Jeongrang Gogae. However, residents made efforts to unify its name and finally decided & printed 'Jeongrang Gogae' and established the stone monument on Feb. 1985.
There are big rocks called 'Ureong Rocks' at the hilltop of Sinjeong Dong. The name of 'Ureong Rocks' means 'the rocks cried'. And it's also called 'GilBawi' because it looks like a packsaddle. 'Ureong Rocks' are stated clearly in the Korean geographic dictionary published by the Korean Language Society, so residents of Sinjeong Dong take pride in it and use it as a rest place for citizens including sports facilities around Sinjeong water reservoir.
 
This zelkova tree is one of the proofs that a village existed here before changing into the large-scaled collective housing area. 150 years ago, the residents of Namal (old name of Mok 4 Dong) planted it, and it almost died because of bombing at the Korean War, but it's growing well with sprouts overcoming various disasters. They say that anyone who prays to it can realize their wish but anyone who damages it is doomed with much misfortune. So it has been protected well for a long time and admired as the guardian spirit of the village.