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Daegu Donghwasa Temple (동화사(대구))

8.6Km    2023-11-14

1 Donghwasa 1-gil, Dong-gu, Daegu

Donghwasa Temple is located on the south side of Palgongsan Mountain, about 22 km northeast of Daegu. It was built by Monk Geukdal in the 15th year of King Soji’s reign (AD 493). The original name of the temple was Yugasa Temple, but Simjiwangsa rebuilt the temple under King Heungdeok (r. AD 826-836) and named it Donghwasa Temple, which means "the paulownia tree blooms even in winter," in reference to the blooming trees around the temple. Most of the present temple buildings were constructed between 1723 and 1732.

Daegu Art Factory (대구예술발전소)

8.6Km    2023-10-23

31-12, Dalseong-ro 22-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Daegu Art Factory is housed in an old tobacco plant, renovated into a space for art and culture. It hosts various exhibitions dedicated to Korean and international artists. Some of these include exhibitions dedicated to Daegu’s modernity, works of young artists, experimental projects, AI-based exhibitions, seminars, and art lectures. Through these exhibitions, Daegu Art Factory is cementing its status as an important platform for art exchange in Daegu. There’s also a space for families (children’s book reading room) for greater accessibility.

Daegu Yangnyeongsi Herbal Medicine Festival (대구약령시한방문화축제)

Daegu Yangnyeongsi Herbal Medicine Festival (대구약령시한방문화축제)

8.6Km    2025-07-11

Namseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-254-1658

Daegu Yangnyeongsi Herbal Medicine Festival, held in the 366-year-old Daegu Yangnyeongsi, offers a rich experience of traditional herbal medicine culture. Visitors can enjoy free consultations with herbal medicine doctors, herbal foot baths, and unique programs such as Joseon Gutpan: Herbal Club and Zombie Street.

Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관))

Petite Joongang Family Museum (작은 중앙가족박물관(한방개인박물관))

8.6Km    2021-12-20

50-5, Jungang-daero 77-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-252-6606

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 Medicinal Herb Wholesale Market (대구 한약재 도매시장)

8.6Km    2021-06-01

51-1, Namseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-257-0545

Daegu Medicinal Herb Wholesale Market, also known as Daegu Yangnyeongsi, is a major herbal medicine market specializing in the practices of Oriental medicine. The market dates all the way back to the Joseon dynasty, when the governor of Gyeongsang-do at that time supplied the best medicinal herbs to the central administrative office and sold the rest to the commoners. Among the many cities that served as suppliers of herbal medicine, Daegu survived as the longest and remained the most active. Until 1910, Daegu was at the center of the herbal medicine world, providing Oriental medicine to travelers from all around the world including Japan, China, Russia, Manchuria and many other countries. Even to this day, Daegu Yangnyeongsi continues to supply herbal medicine across the country and preserve the traditional medicine culture that has been passed down for over 350 years.

Suchang Youth Mansion (수창청춘맨숀)

8.7Km    2023-10-23

27, Dalseong-ro 22-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu

Once a derelict space and an eyesore, this facility was reborn as an art and cultural space. The building preserves its 50-year history with its old facade and houses an area dedicated to young artists in its interior, thus reborn as a space where the old coexist with the new. Suchang Youth Mansion, named so as a retro-style throwback to the old days when such English loanwords were not as common as today, opened its doors in December 2017. Today, it functions as a space for Daegu’s young artists. The first floor of Building A houses a cafe, while the second floor houses the art and cultural space, in which visitors can get a glimpse into Daegu’s unique identity through works of art, including those created by young artists of the region.

Bongsan Cultural Center (봉산문화회관)

8.7Km    2022-12-26

77, Bongsanmunhwa-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-661-3500

Bongsan Cultural Center is a comprehensive culture and arts complex located on Bongsan Culture Street in downtown Daegu. The center serves to provide cultural entertainment to the community as well as contribute to the development of traditional culture and local art. The center also provides opportunities for the public to participate in well-being recreational activities and acquire life-long education related to culture and arts.

The center has five modern exhibition halls (Exhibition Hall No. 1-4 and Art Space) and two performance halls (Gaon Hall with 442 seats and Space Raon with 90 seats). As the center is located near Banwoldang Station (Daegu Subway Line 1), it is easily accessible by public transportation.

Bongsan Culture Street (봉산문화거리)

Bongsan Culture Street (봉산문화거리)

8.7Km    2025-01-09

38, Bongsanmunhwa-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-425-6845

Bongsan Culture Street is a landmark culture & arts place in Daegu. The street, which stretches all the way from Daegu Hakwon to Bongsan Yukgeori (six-way intersection), has over 20 galleries of various sizes.

It was 1991 when the small alley with several art galleries started to turn into a breeding ground for culture and the arts. Soon after, the street was officially designated ‘Bongsan Culture Street’ and subsequently, the roads were neatly paved, artistic street lamps were installed, and streetside gardens were created. With the opening of Bongsan Culture Center and Cultural House for Teens, the street became increasingly frequently by citizens, not just professional artists.

At Bongsan Culture Street, artwork os on display throughout the year and every October (when the Bongsan Art Festival is held) the whole street is filled with artistic passion.

Daegu Yangnyeongsi Museum of Oriental Medicine (대구약령시 한의약박물관)

8.7Km    2023-01-06

49, Dalgubeol-daero 415-gil, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-253-3359

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.

HITTO (힛또)

HITTO (힛또)

8.7Km    2021-03-24

333, Myeongdeok-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu
+82-53-256-6868

It is a place where all the sauces are made by hand. This Japanese (cuisine) restaurant is located in Jung-gu, Daegu. The representative menu is eel sushi.