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Top 10 places to visit in Daegu
hello? In this post, we will introduce the top 10 must-visit places in Daegu, which are popular among travelers.
This ranking was selected based on the Korea Tourism Organization's popularity rankings and includes a variety of attractive attractions.
Please use this as a reference in preparing for a pleasant trip, and I hope you have a happy time!
Daegu Motorcycle Alley
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Introduction to Daegu Motorcycle Alley
Daegu Motorcycle Alley is a Daegu-specialized alley that was established in 1950 and has a tradition of over 70 years.
The motorcycle alley located in Ingyo-dong and Sijangbuk-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, was originally a river, and both sides were mostly residential areas.
In Ingyo-dong, which became Bokgaecheon in 1953, motorcycle shops gradually spread, starting with the Seoul Motorcycle Store in 1961, and Ingyo-dong Motorcycle Alley was formed.
In the past, the motorcycle alley was called ‘Maljeon Street’, meaning it was a place where horses were bought and sold.
It is a place where horses at that time and motorcycles today are related in that they are the same main means of transportation.
When you enter the motorcycle alley, the motorcycles on display in front of the store are reminiscent of an exhibition hall.
There are companies related to motorcycles, including purchasing, professional repairs, seat specialty stores, and manufacturing motorcycles for people with disabilities, so everything can be resolved in one place.
In addition, we also display, display, sell and sell accessories, stickers, etc.
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Image source: Korea Tourism Organization
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Daegu Motorcycle Alley Basic Information
Daegu Dalseong Park
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Introduction to Daegu Dalseong Park
Dalseong Park, the oldest urban park in Daegu, contains traces of history.
Dalgubeol's earthen fortress, originally an old tribal nation in Daegu, 'Dalseong' is Historic Site No. 62, and is a castle built in the earliest period in the history of castle development in Korea. The name 'Dalseong Park' also comes from that earthen fortress.
Dalseong Park is located in the center of the city, so transportation is convenient, and there are historical sites within the park, so it is used as an educational center for children and youth.
In addition, it is popular with families as it has a harmony of rare large trees and landscaping trees, and a zoo where you can see deer, ostriches, seals, tigers, etc.
There are many benches and rest areas here and there, and there is a path that goes around the park, making it great for taking a leisurely stroll.
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Daegu Dalseong Park basic information
Website https://tour.daegu.go.kr
Operating hours [Dalseong Park] 05:00~21:00
[Zoo ]
- November~February 10:00~17:00
- March~April, September~October 10:00~18:00
- May~August 10:00~19:00
Parking facilities available
Open all year round on days off
Gyeongsang Gamyeong Park
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Introduction to Gyeongsang Gamyeong Park
Gyeongsang Gamyeong Park, located a 5-minute walk from Daegu Jungang-ro Station, is a park created to preserve the site of Gyeongsang Gamyeong during the reign of King Seonjo of the Joseon Dynasty.
From 1910 to 1965, the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Office was located here, and after the provincial office was moved, it was created as a park in 1070.
Gyeongsang Gamyeong was an administrative organization that had jurisdiction over the administration, military, and trials of Gyeongsang Province during the Joseon Dynasty.
There were several buildings within the old Gyeongsang Gamyeong, including Seonhwadang, Eunghyangdang, Jeseungdang, Eungsudang, and Jingcheonggak, but within the current Gyeongsang Gamyeong Park, there are Seonhwadang (designated as a tangible cultural property by Daegu Metropolitan City on December 26, 1972), the office of the Gyeongsang Province Governor, and Only the living quarters building, Jingcheonggak (Daegu Metropolitan City Tangible Cultural Heritage), remains.
Seonhwadang is considered a valuable resource in a situation where almost no government buildings remain.
Gwanpungru, Gyeongsang Gamyeong's pavilion (Daegu Metropolitan City cultural property data), was moved to Dalseong Toseong in 1906, and a total of 29 monuments commemorating the selection of governors and Daegu judges remain in Gyeongsang Gamyeong Park.
Gyeongsang Gamyeong Park is a park in the city where Seonhwadang and Jingcheonggak are combined with a green forest. It has a main gate that brings out the charm of the old building, fountains, stone walls, walking paths, and the [Bell of Unification] to pray for the unification of the country.
Because it is located in the center of downtown Daegu, it is also called Central Park.
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Image source: Korea Tourism Organization
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Gyeongsang Gamyeong Park basic information
Website http://tour.daegu.go.kr/index.do
Parking facilities available
Open all year round on days off
Bongsan Culture Street
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Introduction to Bongsan Culture Street
Bongsan Culture Street is a 600m-long cultural and arts street that stretches from the [Media Sky-Bongsan Sky] sculpture in front of Exit 9 of Banwoldang Station on Daegu Metro Line 2 to Bongsan Intersection.
It is likened to Daegu's Insa-dong because it is densely packed with art-related shops, including galleries, antiques, antique book stores, and art shops.
In the mid-1980s, when it began to be developed as an art-related culture and art street, the focus was on selling artwork, selling art materials, and making stationery, but now a variety of works are on display and for sale.
With the opening of several galleries, the works of local painters representing Daegu are displayed and accessible, providing opportunities to see various other works of art.
Sculptures created on the streets are used as photo zones, and Bongsan Cultural Center, built in 2004, hosts various exhibitions and performances to satisfy Daegu citizens' desire for culture and arts.
The Bongsan Craft Design Exhibition is held every April, and the Bongsan Art Festival is held in October.
Nearby attractions include Jung-gu Alley Tour, Dongseong-ro, and Kim Gwang-seok Redraw Road.
There are installations and large human sculptures at the beginning and end of Bongsan Culture Street, making them easy to find from afar.
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Basic information on Bongsan Culture Street
Homepage * https://blog.naver.com/dgjunggu/
Operating hours vary by gallery
Parking facilities : Parking available at Bongsan Cultural Center
Daeguhyanggyo
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Introduction to Daeguhyanggyo
Hyanggyo was a national educational institution established in a local area, and was responsible for both the function of holding memorial tablets of saints and holding ancestral rites and the teaching function of educating students.
After it burned down in 1400, it was immediately rebuilt. It was destroyed again during the Japanese invasions of Korea and rebuilt in 1599 (the 32nd year of King Seonjo's reign) near the current Dalseong Park.
In 1605, it was moved to Gyo-dong and Myeongnyundang was rebuilt, and in 1932, it was moved to its current location.
Existing buildings include Daeseongjeon, Myeongnyundang, Dongjae, Seojae, Munmyo, and Sammun, and within Hyanggyo, there is a fortress monument that records the construction and origin of Daegu Fortress. There are the Suseong Monument, the Bulmang Monument (不忘 Monument), and the Songdeok Monument of people who served as Gyeongsang Province governors, judges, and county governors.
During the Joseon Dynasty, instructors received land, tuition, and slaves from the government to teach a maximum of 30 students. However, with the implementation of the new system after the Gabo Reform, the educational function disappeared, and seokjeon (釋奠) was held in spring and fall, and on New Year's Day and New Year's Day. We burn incense on the full moon.
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Daeguhyanggyo basic information
Homepage http://www.daeguhyanggyo.org
http://www.cha.go.kr
Parking facilities: Small parking lot (use public transportation)
Lee Sang-hwa's old house
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Introduction to Lee Sang-hwa’s old house
This is the old house where poet Lee Sang-hwa (1901-1943), an independence activist from Daegu who protested against Japanese colonial rule, lived.
At this house, I mainly worked on translating Chunhyangjeon and other works into English, and devoted myself to reading and research.
To commemorate his achievements, a citizen movement to preserve the old house began in 1999, and the Military Mutual Aid Association purchased the old house while building a nearby residential-commercial apartment complex and donated it to Daegu City on October 27, 2005.
Daegu City has been repairing old houses and installing exhibits inside the old houses with funds raised by the Citizens' Movement for Old House Preservation.
When you enter the gate with a signboard saying “Sanghwa Lee’s Old House,” you can see the old house in a quiet place.
It consists of two single-story wooden houses, the main house and the haengnangchae.
The haengrangchae has 4 rooms at the front and 1 room at the side, with a gable roof, 3 rooms are rooms, and 1 room is an entrance door.
The main house has 4 rooms on the front and 1 room on the side and has a gable roof.
The main building is mainly used as a space to display the relics of poet Lee Sang-hwa. It is also used as a place of education to commemorate the spirit of anti-Japanese national poet Lee Sang-hwa and to inherit his noble spirit of patriotism and literary achievements to descendants.
Basic information about Lee Sang-hwa’s old house
Website https://www.jung.daegu.kr/
Operating hours - Winter 09:00~17:30
- Summer 09:00~18:00
Parking facilities available (Maeil Newspaper parking lot (paid))
Open all year round on days off
Seo Sang-don’s old house
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Introduction to Seo Sang-don’s old house
Seo Sang-don (徐相敦, 1851-1913) was a businessman, bureaucrat, and national independence activist during the late Joseon Dynasty.
He was a successful peddler and draper in Daegu, and he also became a government tax collector and managed Josegok.
In 1907, thinking that the government was losing its national sovereignty due to its heavy debt to Japan, he and Kim Gwang-je, the president of Gwangmunsa Temple in Daegu, launched a national debt compensation movement to repay the country's debt by quitting smoking. Daegu City held Seo Sang-don's birthplace next to Lee Sang-hwa's old house in Gyesan-dong. We are honoring his noble intentions by restoring the National Debt Compensation Park and erecting a statue.
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Basic information on Seo Sang-don’s old house
Homepage http://www.jung.daegu.kr/new/culture/pages/main/
Operating hours 10:00 ~ 17:30
No parking facilities (use Maeil Newspaper parking lot - paid)
Daegu Jingolmok
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Introduction to Daegu Jingolmok
Jingolmok is an alley formed in the Jongno area of Daegu, from Jungang-daero to Hongbaekwon, and is a place where you can encounter old history and culture in the city center.
Jingolmok originates from the Gyeongsang-do dialect for long alley, which means “long.”
When you pass the old Daenam Oriental Medical Clinic intersection where the south gate of Daegu Eupseong was located and enter Jongno for about 50m, there is a long alley that extends to the right.
Jingolmok was the village of the Dalseongseo clan, an indigenous force in Daegu, from the Gyeongsang Gamyeong era until liberation.
Through Jingolmok, you could get to Gamyeong and Jungyeong without going through Jongno, which was a military and administrative road at the time. Overseas Chinese began to settle in the late 19th century, and this is where the first furniture stores in Daegu opened.
Currently, there are shops selling traditional goods such as traditional tea, teaware, oriental medicine, and antiques centered around the Namseong-ro intersection, and as it is part of the alley tour [Course 2 Modern Culture Alley], it is a place where traditional culture is alive and breathing.
Meanwhile, there are restaurants and cafes with sophisticated and unique interiors on both sides of Jingolmok.
Representative attractions include Jeong Children's Clinic, the oldest Western-style building in Daegu, Jingolmok Restaurant, which is part of 100 old houses, and Yakjeon Restaurant, the filming location of the movie Love Rain.
Also, Mido Dabang, which opened in 1982, is known as a place where famous politicians, writers, and Confucian scholars from the Daegu area frequented in the past. It is still in business and you can actually see many elderly people with gray hair when you visit.
Jingolmok is a place where old alleyways remain in the city center of Daegu, which is full of modern high-rise buildings. It clearly shows the appearance of modern Daegu, and you can feel 100 years of Daegu history by walking through the narrow streets.
Nearby tourist attractions include Yangnyeongsi Oriental Medicine Museum, Eco Oriental Medicine Welding Experience Center, Modern Culture Experience Center, Mulberry Alley, Gyesan Cathedral, Lee Sang-hwa's old house, Seo Sang-don's old house, and Cheongna Hill.
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Daegu Jingolmok Basic Information
Homepage http://www.grandculture.net
No parking facilities
Missionary Sweets House
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Introduction to Missionary Suites House
Lee Ju-taek is the home of American missionaries (Sweets, Handson, Archived Campbell, etc.) who came to Daegu and did missionary work since 1893.
It is a Western-style building built around 1906-1910 with two stories above ground and one story underground. It is located on a hill (currently Cheongna Hill) facing southwest. The foundation was made of andesite stones brought in in 1907 (during the demolition of Daegu Eupseong Fortress), and red bricks were placed on top. It is a two-story brick building with a Korean-Western eclectic style.
It was designated as a tangible cultural property of Daegu Metropolitan City on June 15, 1989.
In August 1981, Dongsan Hospital acquired it and used it as a company residence, replacing the Korean-style roof tiles with tin and replacing some of the interior finishing materials.
The floor plan has a veranda leading to the entrance on the south right side, and the living room and reception room are directly connected through the entrance hall.
The bedroom, staircase, bathroom, kitchen, and dining room were arranged around the living room. The roof was a gable roof made of Korean-style roof tiles, and the southern and northern sides were shed-shaped, but were improved with tin.
On October 1, 1999, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center opened as a mission museum to celebrate its 100th anniversary. On the first floor, various Bibles, missionary relics, and photo materials of the process of introducing Christianity are displayed, and on the second floor, a model of the tabernacle and props related to the Old and New Testaments purchased locally in Israel are displayed.
The Missionary Suites House clearly demonstrates the residential and lifestyle styles of Americans and the architectural techniques of Korean-Western eclecticism, and is an important building that allows us to look into Daegu's Protestant missionaries and the architectural situation of the time.
On Cheongna Hill, there are Missionary Blair House, Champness House, Daegu First Church, Comrade's Thought Song Monument, and a third-generation descendant of Korea's first Western apple tree. Especially, when May, known as the queen of the season, comes, Cheongna Hill has white pop trees that have been around for over 200 years. It is a place full of things to see, such as rice flowers blooming.
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Missionary Suites Housing Basic Information
Homepage http://www.grandculture.net
Operating hours [Mon-Fri]
10:00~12:30 (morning)
13:30~16:00 (afternoon)
[Saturday]
10:00~12:30
*Entrance allowed until 1 hour before closing time
No parking facilities (Use Dongsan Medical Center parking lot: Paid - 1,000 won for 30 minutes, 400 won for each subsequent 10 minutes (maximum 15,000 won per day))
Open all year round on days off
Missionary Champness House
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Introduction to Missionary Champions House
Dongsan-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu. It is a two-story Western-style building built with red bricks on Cheongna Hill, which you can see when you climb the stairs for the March 1st Movement. It was built during the Japanese colonial period and was home to missionary Chemnis and others.
The foundation of this building was built with andesite stones brought in from the demolition of Daegu Castle in 1907, and red bricks were laid on top of it in the American style.
This house, which consists of two floors, has a slightly long rectangular shape facing north and south. When you enter the entrance in the center of the west side of the first floor, there is a staircase hall leading directly to the second floor. The living room, study, kitchen, and dining room are centered around the stair hall. The back has been placed.
On the second floor, there are bedrooms on the left and right of the staircase, and auxiliary spaces such as a bathroom and closet are provided, and a relatively large veranda that can be used in the living room and other areas is located on the southeastern side of the first floor.
This building style is the bungalow style that was popular in southern California, USA at the time, and its original appearance has been well preserved to this day.
Missionary Bon Champness was an American missionary who lived in Daegu for about 20 years from 1925 to 1941 before being driven out by the Japanese. He cared for leprosy patients at Daegu Aerakwon (vice director).
In particular, in addition to treatment, he taught people how to farm and raise livestock so that they could become self-reliant after overcoming the disease, and his wife, Helen Champnis, also volunteered for women and children at an infant health center.
He continued his service until he was expelled by the Japanese in 1941.
In October 1999, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center opened as a medical museum to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and it houses many medical devices from the East and West from the 1800s to the 1900s.
As a tangible cultural property of Daegu, you can see the architecture, housing, and lifestyle of Americans living in Korea at the time, and it shows the history of missionary medical care and education in the Daegu area over 100 years. Also, on Cheongna Hill, there are Blair Houses, including the Missionary Suites House. You can see houses, Daegu Jeil Church, etc., and Daegu Seomun Market is right next door, so it is a place full of things to see and see the markets in Daegu.
Basic information on Missionary Champions House
Operating hours [Monday to Friday] 10:00~12:30 (morning). 13:30~16:00 (afternoon)
[Saturday] 10:00~12:30
Entry allowed until 1 hour before the end of the tour.
No parking facilities (Dongsan Medical Center parking lot available (paid)
day off public holiday
This was an introduction to the top 10 places worth visiting in Daegu.
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