University Road

University Road

University Road refers to a young road centered on the former site of the College of Arts and science of Seoul University, crossing Dongchong cave and Huihua cave. Compared with the name of the street itself, the Performing Culture and youth atmosphere here are better known.

In South Korea, it's like when talking about Zhongwu Road, the first thing that comes to mind is film. When talking about University Road, the first thing that comes to mind is drama and stage play.

Basic introduction

University Road refers to a young road centered on the former site of the College of Arts and science of Seoul University, crossing Dongchong cave and Huihua cave. Compared with the name of the street itself, the Performing Culture and youth atmosphere here are better known. The name of "University Road" originated from Seoul University, because the College of Arts and Sciences, law school and medical school of Seoul University before relocation were all located on this street.

Speaking of College Road, the first thing I think of is drama and stage play.

historical origin

The University Road in Seoul is located in Huihua cave, Zhonglu District, about 1.5 kilometers long. Its original name is "chongjiaofang", which means "advocating education". In 1946, when Seoul University, the highest institution of learning in South Korea, was built here, a road called university road was formed with its College of Arts and sciences as the center. In 1975, Seoul University moved away and built Maroni Park, known as "University Road square". Since then, art and cultural groups such as drama and musicals have successively settled in this area.

Drama art

Since 1980, a number of drama theaters, including Qingniao theater and Xuetian small theater, which have a long tradition, have moved to university road. Subsequently, some cafes and cinemas with live performances have also gathered here. These make the university road gradually become a comprehensive cultural space, which can also be said to be the root of Korean drama art. The Seoul Performing Arts Festival, held every autumn on University Road, and the Seoul Theatre Festival in early summer are also popular activities among young people

University Road in Seoul is the gathering place of top universities in South Korea. In addition to a large number of students, there are also many star artists. South Korea's largest drama stage is located in the university road. Many artists choose drama stage as a training ground at the beginning of their career. If you can have the opportunity to perform on the stage here, it's easy to win some popularity. In addition, standing on the stage of the drama, although the audience is not large, it can greatly exercise the performance skills of the actors. An Shengji, park chongxun, Pei Douna, Liu Zhitai, Jin huixiu and Liang Donggen all went to Zhongwu road big screen through here.

Many actors say that the reason why they still love the drama stage on University Road after they become famous is that only here can they really get down to acting, regardless of fame. Xue Jingqiu once described it like this: "only when you stand on the stage of drama on university road can you know what real performance is. After the movie starts, you can ng many times, but when the drama starts, you must treat it meticulously. "

Youth Street

University road also gathers many restaurants, bars and other places that young people like. Imagine, after watching a drama or a live performance, coming to a nearby cafe or bar and continuing to enjoy the happy time that has just begun.

In addition, a Maroni performance will be held in the center of University Road, where young people can perform dance live. Because of this, it is often called "Mecca of drama" or "Youth Street".

Address: Huihua cave, Chung Lu District, Seoul

Transportation: take Metro Line 4 to Huihua station.

Location of University Road in Seoul

Address: Daxue Road, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Longitude: 118.094946

Latitude: 24.4338489