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Kim Young-cheol's Neighborhood Tour [Going Home - Daegu Gyo-dong/Chilseong-dong] Right in front of Daegu Station is Daegu's famous market, Beongae Market. Its name comes from the fact that it opened like lightning to match the arrival and departure times of the trains transporting refugees during the Korean War. At this market where popcorn shops catch your eye from the entrance, you can meet the popcorn owner who boasts a flashy fashion. The popcorn machine and popcorn owner have silently watched the changes in Beongae Market for 40 years. The market that started as a stall in the old days has now become a famous market that people from all over the country visit, but the store's iron rule of frying anything and the 2,000 won labor fee are the same as in the old days. For actor Kim Young-cheol, who was born in Daegu, the memories of his hometown that he had forgotten come back to life vividly with the sound of Beong! On the way to Chilseong-dong along the alley with a view of Daegu Station. He found a house that looks like it has been preserved for 100 years, just from its exterior. His mother, who still lives in the old house where she married and raised seven children, has filled the house with calligraphy works she started at the age of seventy to fill her lonely time. As he looks at his mother’s handwriting that fills the walls of the second floor, actor Kim Young-chul suddenly feels as if he has returned to the house where his parents lived when he was a child, running around the alleys of Chilseong-dong, Daegu, and his eyes fill with tears. As he approaches another alley in Chilseong-dong, an old Chinese restaurant stops him in his tracks. The old Chinese restaurant, which opened in the 1970s, still stands in the same place and welcomes customers in the same way as before. The eldest son, who did not want to inherit his father’s difficult and intense youth, got a job at a prestigious company and left Chilseong-dong far away, but could not ignore his father, who was getting more and more tired by the day, eventually took over his father’s business and now cooks with a sense of mission. The old-fashioned stove that still burns with an oil stove and the worn-out wooden cutting board that seems to have endured eons of time are a clear example of his father’s stubbornness and long years. Actor Kim Young-cheol indulges in the taste of memories while eating old-fashioned fried rice that reminds him of his childhood. Meanwhile, there are five 'Modernization Alley Travel Trails' in Daegu. Among them, actor Kim Young-cheol visited Course 2, which has beautiful modern architecture and the houses of independence activists, to best experience Daegu's modern culture. The 'March 1st Independence Movement Road' stairs, also known as the '90 Steps', are a famous urban retreat among tourists because when the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius, you can cool off for a moment under the cool mist from the sprinklers on the wall next to the stairs. Cheongna Hill, called 'Daegu's Montmartre', is located at the top of the stairs. Cheongna Hill, which means 'blue ivy', is said to have been named after the ivy brought from the US by American missionaries who introduced Western medicine to Korea in 1899, who planted it on the outside walls of their houses to survive the unusually hot summers in Daegu. It is also famous as the setting for the song 'Thinking of a Comrade'. Coming down Cheongna Hill, you will reach 'Jingolmok', one of Daegu's famous alleys, which has many old shops with long traditions. Actor Kim Young-cheol came across Mido Tea House, which has a long history of 60 years, in that alley. The owner, who was dressed in a beautiful hanbok, greeted us and treated guests with fresh egg yolks on top of the freshly brewed Ssanghwacha. The nostalgic snacks served with the tea perfectly harmonize with the sweet and sour Ssanghwacha, making it a famous place that even foreign guests visit. Meanwhile, Daegu Eupseong, located in Daegu Dohobu, Gyeongsang Province during the Joseon Dynasty, was built to prepare for Japanese invasions before the Imjin War, but was illegally demolished by pro-Japanese collaborator Park Jung-yang in 1906. Today’s Dongseong-ro, Seoseong-ro, Namseong-ro, and Bukseong-ro were divided around this Daegu Eupseong. After looking around Daegu Eupseong, which only remains as a model to commemorate its history, Kim Young-cheol headed to Gyodong Geumgeumgang Alley, which is connected to Dongseong-ro. While looking around the Geumgeumgang Alley, which serves customers coffee made directly and sells unique gold products such as gold USBs and mosquitoes instead of gold lucky pigs worth one won, Kim Young-cheol applauds the efforts and trends that the traditional Geumgeumgang Alley is trying to capture the changing hearts of consumers. In addition to Gyodong Geumgeumgang Alley, the Dongseong-ro and Bukseong-ro areas are also