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Jindo Bridge is the only twin cable-stayed bridge located between Nokjin in Junnae-myeon, Jindo-gun, and Hakdong in Munnae-myeon, Haenam-gun. Completed on October 18, 1984, it has become a popular tourist attraction. On December 15, 2005, the second Jindo Bridge was opened. The bridge is especially renowned for its beautiful sunset and night views, and the swirling waters of Uldolmok Strait beneath the bridge present a spectacular sight. Uldolmok is a well-known strait of the West Sea, famous as the site of the Battle of Myeongnyang, one of Admiral Yi Sun-sin's three great naval battles, forming a narrow channel between Haenam and Jindo with a width similar to the Han River. Since the opening of Jindo Bridge in 1984, Jindo, now the southernmost region of the Korean Peninsula, has become a tourist destination attracting about 2.6 million visitors annually, including foreigners.

The Yi Chungmugong Byeokpajin War Victory Monument, located above Byeokpajeong, commemorates the miraculous and decisive victory at the Battle of Myeongnyang during the Japanese invasions of Korea (Jeongyujaeran) by Admiral Yi Chungmugong, and records the Jindo-born soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the battle. The inscription was written by poet Lee Eun-sang and the calligraphy by Jindo-born calligrapher Sojeon Son Jae-hyung. Byeokpajin was a port connecting Jindo-gun and Haenam-gun, near Uldolmok, the nearest strait linking Jindo-gun with the mainland. Although the fast tidal currents made navigation difficult, it was the most used port for traveling between Jindo-gun and Haenam-gun until the completion of the Jindo Bridge in 1984. This place served as the gateway between Jindo and Jeju Island, and all passenger ships passing nearby called here, but now it remains as a small fishing port. Despite its decline as a port, this location is historically important as the site of Byeokpajeong and the Yi Chungmugong Byeokpajin War Victory Monument.

The scenery of the archipelago viewed from the 'Sebang Sunset Observatory,' said to be the most beautiful on the Jindo coastal road, is stunning. The sunset seen here is fantastic. At dusk, the spectacular sunset sinking between the islands dyes the surrounding blue sky a redder color than autumn leaves. The Central Meteorological Observatory even selected this as the 'best sunset viewing spot' in the southernmost part of the Korean Peninsula. This coastal road is the best archipelago drive course in Korea, offering panoramic views of the beautiful islands of the archipelago. You can enjoy driving while breathing the fresh air exhaled from many forests and clean seas.

수려한 산세의 여귀산을 등지고 드넓은 남해바다를 마주보고 있는 천혜의 자연경관 속에 위치한 국립남도국악원은 국악전문연수와 공연을 통한 국악 보급 활동, 국악을 통한 건전한 여가문화 선도와 이를 통한 국민정서 함양, 문화 소외지역 주민에게 국악문화를 체계적으로 보급함으로써 전통문화 향수권 제공 및 자연환경과 국악 활성화를 통한 지역문화예술 관광자원화의 토대 마련을 목표로 하고 있다.

Amongrepresentative seohwa (calligraphy and painting) artists in Jindo, where seohwa arts developed, Sochi Heo Ryeon (小痴 許鍊) is known as a master of late Joseon period Southern painting. He is also known as Heoyu, named after Wang Yu, a pioneer of Tang and Southern Song ink wash landscape painting. Unlimsanbang was the studio name where Heo Ryeon spent his later years after leaving Seoul and returning to his hometown to live and paint. It is located south of Jindo-eup, near Cheomchalsan West and Ssanggyesa. The site includes a 'ㄷ'-shaped tiled house called Unlimsanbang, a thatched-roof living quarters behind it, and newly built memorial halls. A white lotus blooms in the pentagonal pond in front of Unlimsanbang, and a crape myrtle tree grows on a 6-meter diameter circular island in the pond. Sochi Heo Ryeon was born in 1809 in Ssangjeong-ri, Jindo-eup, showing talent in painting from a young age. From age 28, he was taught by the monk Cho-ui at Daedunsa Iljiam in Haenam and, in his early 30s, went to Seoul through an introduction to study calligraphy and painting under Chusa Kim Jeonghui, becoming a master of Southern painting. Although he painted for the royal family and held several official posts, he left Seoul after Kim Jeonghui's death, returned to his hometown Jindo, established Unlimsanbang, and devoted himself to painting. Unlimsanbang was neglected for a long time until it was restored in 1982 by Heo Geon. Inside the studio, reproductions of paintings by three generations of the Heo family are displayed, and the newly built Sochi Memorial Hall exhibits works of three generations of Unlimsanbang artists, as well as stones and ceramics. It is a Jeollanam-do monument. The name Unlimsanbang derives from the deep mountain valley surrounded by numerous peaks around Cheomchalsan, where morning and evening mists form a cloud forest.

1979년 세계민속음악제에서 금상을 받은 바 있는 씻김굿을 비롯하여 강강술래, 남도들노래, 다시래기 등 중요무형문화재 4종과 북놀이, 만가, 진도홍주 등의 무형문화재 3종 등 수많은 무형의 자원이 옛모습 그대로 전승 보전되어 오고 있다. 우리 고유의 전통민속을 대변함으로써 우리 문화를 새롭게 인식하고자 향토문화회관에서 매주 토요일이면 인간문화재와 전수생들의 민속공연이 펼쳐진다.