Sigyeongjeong Pavilion (담양 식영정)

Sigyeongjeong is one of Damyang's celebrated gasa-poetry pavilions, perched above a stream in a grove of old pines and built by the scholar Kim Seong-won in 1560. The poet Jeong Cheol stayed here and composed some of his most famous gasa works overlooking this exact view, so the pavilion sits at the heart of Korean classical literature. Today the wooden structure remains a quiet retreat, with stone steps down to the water and benches under the pines. Allow about thirty minutes on site. It is one stop on Damyang's gasa-literature corridor, which connects Soswaewon Garden, Hwanbyeokdang, and Songgangjeong — all walkable or a short drive apart.