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Suseong Light Art Festival (수성빛예술제)

Suseong Light Art Festival (수성빛예술제)

6.0Km    2025-11-25

112 Muhak-ro, Suseong-gu, Daegu
+82-53-668-1504

The Suseong Light Art Festival unfolds a feast of light every year with different themes, adorning Suseongmot Lake with colorful illuminations. It also features a variety of events, including an artwork exhibition and a drone art show.

Daegu Korean Chinese Association (대구화교협회)

6.0Km    2023-02-03

34, Jong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

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.

Daegu Modern History Museum (대구근대역사관)

6.1Km    2025-08-11

67 Gyeongsanggamyeong-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Located in Pojeong-dong, Jung-gu, Daegu, the Daegu Modern History Museum was officially opened on January 24, 2011. The museum is housed in a building that is rich in history. First built by Japan in 1932 as a bank, the building was once a symbol of repression and exploitation during the Japanese colonial rule. Today, the building stands proudly as an educational site and bears the title of ‘Cultural Property No. 49’ in recognition of its historical and cultural significance.

The two-story museum (1,971 square meters) houses a permanent exhibition (1F), featured exhibition (2F), and a hands-on exhibition room and classroom for diverse cultural activities and lectures. The history exhibition features the lifestyle of Daegu citizens, local customs, and education of the late 19th century and the early 20th century.

Daegu Opera House (대구오페라하우스)

Daegu Opera House (대구오페라하우스)

6.1Km    2021-11-09

15, Hoam-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu

Daegu Opera House is the first municipal opera house that opened in Korea. It is equipped with high-tech audio and lighting system, a revolving stage and an audience seats arranged in a horseshoe shape. The exterior of building is also quite exquisite, with a curvy glass roof designed to resemble a grand piano. The opera house holds a wide range of programs that are entertaining and affordable. There are also special performances for international visitors to ensure all who spend a night out at the opera have an enjoyable evening.

Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관))

Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관))

6.1Km    2021-12-20

50-5, Jungang-daero 77-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

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.

Daegu Yangnyeongsi Museum of Oriental Medicine (대구약령시 한의약박물관)

6.2Km    2023-01-06

49, Dalgubeol-daero 415-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

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.

Daegu Jeil Church (대구제일교회)

6.2Km    2024-10-11

50, Gukchaebosang-ro 102-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

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.

Gyonam YMCA (교남YMCA)

6.2Km    2023-01-20

22, Namseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

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. 

House of Yi Sang-hwa (이상화 고택)

6.4Km    2023-01-06

6-1, Seoseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

Yi Sang-hwa was a nationalist poet, who resisted the Japanese colonialism. This was his house from 1939 until his death in 1943. His house was neglected after he died, until a citizens' movement in 1999 to preserve the house urged the Military Mutual Aid Association to purchase it, and donate it to the City of Daegu on October 27, 2005. It has been restored and opened to the public, serving as the center for education of the poet's brave spirit and work.

Daegu Gyesan Cathedral (대구 계산동성당)

6.4Km    2024-07-31

10 Seoseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

Daegu Gyesan Cathedral is one of Daegu's main churches, designed by Father Poisnel, who also designed Myeongdong Cathedral and imported stained glass for the windows directly from France. Being located in the city center, the cathedral is especially beautiful when seen at night.