At the entrance to the Yongyudo land bridge stands a large rock shaped like a person. According to a legend, Japanese soldiers occupied Yeongjongdo Island during the Imjin War in the 25th year of King Seonjo’s reign. They later invaded Yongyudo Island and began crossing Gamnaru on foot. There, they saw the General Rock with countless seagulls flying around it and mistook the scene for a brave general with his soldiers. Frightened, they retreated, only to be caught in the rising tide and wiped out.

"At Tonggae Port in Wangsan-ri, a large rock shaped much like a turtle sits on a wide, flat stone base.

The rock’s shape can be described as follows. Its head faces the Yellow Sea, looking toward Yeonpyeongdo Island with its mouth open. Its tail points toward Seopul Village, where the Samhyeon Gimhae Kim clan families live. The rear section of the rock facing the village also looks like a pouch of droppings are attached to the turtle.
The legend of this rock goes as follows.

Eleven generations before the current Hong family, an ancestor settled in Seopul, on Sinbuldo Island, part of Yeongjongdo Island.

They had come to settle on an island within an island. Life was difficult as they cleared fields, built embankments, and created rice paddies. Several generations later, when a sixth-generation ancestor with the courtesy name Hyeongbo passed away, an unfamiliar guest stopped by. Saying he had come in because he was hungry, the visitor asked for food. Although the family was holding a funeral, the chief mourner treated him generously with the food and liquor prepared for the occasion.

After finishing the meal, the guest said, “I was so hungry with no strength left, and you treated me with such kindness. It would only be right for me to repay you in some way, so let me select a burial site for you.” The chief mourner gladly agreed and followed him up the mountain. After looking around several places, the visitor chose one site and explained, “The grave should be placed according to the euljwa sinhyang direction (a feng shui orientation). From here, the site faces the turtle rock at Tonggae Port in Wangsan-ri. The turtle appears to have eaten its fill of fish from the Yellow Sea before leaving its droppings in this place. With the Blue Dragon on the left and the White Tiger on the right, this burial site will bring wealth and honor to future generations.”

Deeply grateful, the chief mourner asked the visitor to stay for a few days, but the traveler claimed he was busy and left. Following the traveler’s instructions, the chief mourner held the funeral and went on to live diligently. Later, during the generation of Grandfather Kim Jong-u in the Hong naming generation, mining engineers from overseas arrived on Yeongjongdo Island to conduct exploratory drilling. They discovered a large, high-quality gold deposit and obtained mining rights, sparking a major gold mining boom. Kim Jong-u, Kim Jong-hyeon, Kim Dal-hyeon, Kim Dong-il, and others entered the mining business and became very wealthy. Brothers such as Kim Jong-hyeon and Kim Dal-hyeon not only supported cultural projects but also understood the difficulties faced by island residents. They used their own money to build stone bridges, making it easier for residents to travel. Monuments honoring their virtue still stand at schools in Seopul, Sammok, and Yongyu, where they are still praised by later generations.

Because of this, people living near Tonggae Port in Wangsan-ri still say that Turtle Rock appeared for the Samhyeon branch of the Gimhae Kim clan."

"At one time, Yeongjongjin Defense Command was stationed on Yeongjongdo Island, with soldiers posted to guard. The troops at Yeongjongjin were led by officials such as Cheomsa, Cheomjeoljejesa, and Bangeosa. Their staff officer was called Hogun.

One Hogun once had a beautiful concubine, but over time, he grew distant from her. Grieving over this, she went to Yeongjongjin where he was stationed, climbed onto a rock called Taepyeongam in front of the command post, and threw herself into the sea.

No one came looking for her body. Carried by the tide, it drifted to the port of Yongyudo Island. When local people realized she had been the Hogun’s concubine, they recovered her body and buried her.
From then on, Taepyeongam came to be called Seonnyeoam Rock. The hill near the port of Yongyudo was also called Hogunjae, as it was said to be where the Hogun’s concubine had been buried."

"Long ago, a fisherman named Son lived in Yedanpo, Unbuk Village, on Yeongjongdo Island.
One day, he sailed out to Yeonpyeongdo Island to catch yellow croakers. As he hauled in his net, a stone Buddha statue was caught inside.

Son threw the stone Buddha back into the sea. A few days later, he returned to the same waters to fish again. No fish came in, but the same stone Buddha was caught in the net once more. “This is some bad luck,” he said, throwing the stone Buddha back into the sea again.
That night, a white-haired old man appeared in Son’s dream. The old man said the stone Buddha would be caught again and told him to enshrine it at Taepyeongam Hermitage in Gueup, Yeongjongdo Island.

The next day, just as the dream had foretold, the stone Buddha appeared in his net again. Following the message from his dream, Son placed it at Taepyeongam Hermitage.
Later, soldiers from the Yeongjongdo Defense Command saw the stone Buddha and found it strange. They began shooting arrows at it for amusement. At the time, the stone Buddha was holding a medicine bottle in one hand.
The soldiers died on the spot. When the head monk of Baegunsa Temple heard the news, he came to the site and brought the stone Buddha back to the temple.

From then on, countless worshippers gathered at Baegunsa Temple every day to pray before the stone Buddha. People also believed that praying to the stone Buddha made their wishes come true.
Anyone passing by the temple had to show reverence and behave respectfully. Otherwise, they were said be punished. The stone Buddha remained enshrined at Baegunsa Temple for many years. During the Japanese colonial period, however, a head monk surnamed Kim is said to have sold it to another monk. Its whereabouts have remained unknown ever since."

"There was once a large pond in Yongsu-dong on Yeongjongdo Island, and all the farmers in the village used its water for farming.
The pond belonged to the wealthy man of the village, Cha. Cha was rich but also known for being stingy.

One day, a wandering monk came to the family’s gate, striking his moktak (wooden percussion instrument) as he chanted and asked for alms. After a long while, Cha came out, shouted at the monk, and refused to give anything.
The monk said, “Then please just give me a bowl of water.” Cha handed him a scoop used for boiling cattle feed and said, “There is a well down there. Go draw some water yourself.”

The monk went to the well and only pretended to drink. He returned to Cha, handed back the scoop, and said, “You are already wealthy, but you will become even richer if you fill in the pond over there and turn it into a rice field.” Greedy and miserly, Cha thought the monk’s words made sense. He ordered workers to fill in the pond and turn it into a rice field.

But a dragon that had been living in the pond rose on dark clouds and flew toward the sea near Palmido Island.
Afterward, a heavy rain triggered a landslide. The Cha family home was swept away in the flood. In the end, the rich man Cha lost everything, and the village came to be called Yongsu-dong."