Daegu Korean Chinese Association (대구화교협회)

Daegu Korean Chinese Association building is a red brick two-story Western-style house built in 1929. Seo Byeong-guk, a rich man in Daegu, entrusted the design and construction to Mo Mungeum, a Chinese architect. It is a flat rectangular structure, and the protruding granite porch balances left and right symmetry. There is a theory that the bricks were brought from Pyeongyang and the woods from Geumgangsan Mountain. It was also used as an HID (Headquarters of Intelligence Detachment) building. There is one building, a playground, a statue of Chiang Kai-shek, and a mural of a Chinese figure painted at the entrance. It is a representative modern building in the Daegu area that boasts a beautiful appearance and is currently used as the office of the Daegu Korean Chinese Association. It was designated as a National Registered Cultural Heritage on June 19, 2006, as it shows the style of modern architecture in the 1930s, not many examples of which are left. This is the last stop of Daegu Modern Alley Tour Course 2.

– Address : 34, Jong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

※ Presentation Information
– Experience Guide
Not available

– Information and Guides
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-53-661-2624

– Parking
Not available

– Day Off
N/A (Open all year round)

– Operating Hours
Interior viewing is available with prior reservation

– Admission Fees
Free

◎ Nearby Tourism Infobox

⊙ Starbucks Daegu Jongro Old House (스타벅스 대구종로고택)

– Homepage
www.starbucks.co.kr

Special Starbucks store where the past and present meet in harmony

.Starbucks Daegu Jongro Old House store conserved the beautiful architectural style of a hanok house built in 1919 and reinterpreted with the modern touch. The store is composed of two hanok buildings and a garden. There is a separate building for restrooms. Here, you can enjoy the scenery of the four seasons and the history from past to present. The store also offers high-quality audio sound in collaboration with Bang & Olufsen, who was inspired by Daegu, the origin of Korea’s modern music cafe and the city of culture and art. The store sits in the middle of the Jingolmok Alley, the second course of the Modern Cultural Alley Tour, and has become a tourists’ beloved destination and landmark in Daegu. This special store serves as a guide that indirectly delivers a historical meaning.

⊙ Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관))

– Homepage
jdailyhealth.modoo.at

Petite Joongang Family Museum is a family-owned museum that showcases the antiquities of Oriental medicine, as practiced by a local family for three generations over 90 years in the city of Daegu, a city known for its 350-year-old medicinal herb market. The tools used by the family including scales, medicine bowls, prescriptions and manuscripts of traditional medicine tell the history of Oriental medicine in Korea as well as the family’s dedication to treatment using the traditional herbal medicine practice. The museum serves its visitors with healthy Oriental medicine tea, while the living family members offer free medical consultation.

⊙ Samsong Bakery main store (삼송빵집 본점)

– Homepage
www.ssbnc.kr

Daegu’s representative bakery f(x) KRYSTAL visited
This place opened in 1957 and became famous after a broadcast of KRYSTAL eating bread here, hence it is called Daegu’s representative bakery. The best menu is Whole Corn Bun, Squid Ink Whole Corn Bun, Vegetable Croquettes, Streusel Bun with Red Bean Filling, and Cream Cheese Sweet Rice Cake Bread. The high ceilings and chandeliers are impressive. When you go up to the second floor, you will find a minimalist cafe-like atmosphere with simple tables placed in a wide space.

⊙ Daegu Yangnyeongsi Museum of Oriental Medicine (대구약령시 한의약박물관)

– Homepage
dgom.daegu.go.kr

Yangnyeongsi Museum of Oriental Medicine continues to provide an opportunity to experience the 350-year-old traditions of Oriental medicine and medicine markets through multiple exhibitions and various hands-on experience programs. The museum provides graphics and animation shows in four languages as well as approximately 300 items on display. The first floor also houses the nation’s only wholesale market of traditional medicinal herbs.

⊙ YOU&I Clinic Daegu (유앤아이의원 대구점)

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YOU&I Clinic is a trusted dermatology and aesthetic clinic with extensive experience and expertise accumulated since 2006.
At YOU&I Clinic, we are committed to using authentic products, providing precise and honest treatments, and offering personalized services tailored to each individual’s needs.
We welcome clients not only from Korea but also from Japan, China, and Thailand, and offer Japanese and Chinese interpretation services. All foreign clients receive treatments at the same prices as Korean clients.
YOU&I Clinic specializes in lifting, petite procedures, and skin boosters, as well as a wide range of aesthetic skin treatments. We also provide thorough aftercare to ensure the highest level of satisfaction for every client.

⊙ Daegu Jeil Church (대구제일교회)

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– Homepage
www.firstch.org (Korean only)

Daegu Jeil Church is the oldest Protestant Church in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province. Initially established in 1898 over four tile-roofed houses, Daegu Jeil Church was rebuilt in 1933 with traditional and Western architectural designs. Subsequently, Deacon Lee Ju-Yeol dedicated a 33m bell tower in 1937, whlie the church underwent an interior renovation in 1969, and an expansion in 1981.

In conjuction with its physical development, which was at the forefront of the nation’s architectural modernization, the church contributed largely to modernization and expansion of Christianity in the region as well as in Korea. In addition, by introducing modern medicine and education to the citizens of Daegu, the founders of Daegu Jeil Church stimulated social development in the region.

⊙ Daegu Dongseong-ro Street (대구 동성로거리)

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– Homepage
tour.daegu.go.kr

Dongseong-ro Street, named for its location in relation to the old Daegueupseong Walled Town’s wall, is the epicenter of youth culture in Daegu. It is the central business district, stretching 900 meters from Daegu Station Intersection to Art Square. In addition to the many name brand shops located here, the street includes performance stages and event squares, creating a lively environment. The street is divided into various sections, making it easy for first-time visitors to find their way around.

⊙ Gyonam YMCA (교남YMCA)

– Homepage
dgymca.or.kr

Established in December 1921, the Gyonam YMCA Hall served as a gateway to the modern movement in Daegu. During the Japanese colonial period, it was a meeting place and a base for Christian national movements such as the Product Promotion Movement, the Christian Rural Movement, and the Singanhoe Movement. This hall is a two-story red brick building built by the American missionary Blair in 1914. It retains the characteristics of the 1910s and ’20s masonry construction, such as decorating the first and second floors with cornices and securing a square window with arches. In the early days, it was used as a place for students’ education, evening classes, and lectures.

⊙ Atlas21 (주식회사 아틀라스21)

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Atlas21 runs “My Beauty Trip,” a global medical tourism platform that allows foreigners living abroad or in Korea to access information about medical care in Korea and book hospital appointments easily and conveniently on the website.
The platform was specifically developed to provide information on aesthetic medical tourism and to allow Korean hospitals to communicate directly with international patients through the platform, allowing patients to book appoints on the spot.
In addition, we provide a variety of related services centered on K-medicine and K-beauty, including aesthetic medicine appointments and information on major tourist destinations in Korea.

Daegu Korean Chinese Association (대구화교협회)