Go have a look at Oppa’s mansion
Our Oppa Choi Dokyung of KBS drama “My Golden Life” is a third generation chaebol, born with a silver spoon and have no want of the material things in life. He lives in the opulent neighborhood of Pyeongchang-dong in Seoul, Jongno-gu. This area, with its huge often American in style mansions, is often called the “Beverly Hills” of Seoul. Its residents rank among the city’s top elites from big bosses of multinational conglomerates to top Korean celebrities.
Surrounded by the Bugaksan Mountains, the exclusive wooded, tranquil surroundings is rather mountainous, with steep roads so it can be quite a trek uphill to get to Oppa’s mansion. You can’t miss its rather imposing red brick fortress-like wall that surrounds his home situated at a T-junction.
Oppa enjoying the magnificent grounds
I have been to Oppa’s mansion twice already. Once in the heart of the cold winter in December 2017 when he was filming an evening scene. That was the time when Oppa got thrown out of his mansion by his grandfather for daring to declare his independence! Boy, it was a cold, cold night to be out there with hardly any warm jacket on. I was freezing, so I sympathise well with Oppa!
My next visit was recently in April 2018 when I went for Park Sihoo-ssi’s Birthday Tour. The weather was much, much warmer then. And with no clamouring fans and no KBS production team in sight, I got to see more of the mansion. For the few sisters with me, we were lucky to get a glimpse of the inside, just beyond the gate, when the very nice guard and his white puppy dog opened the gate for us to have a peek. Oppa’s house was simply spectacular! House it is not! It is a mansion, with huge grounds. Unfortunately, the owner was home so we could not get beyond the few steps inside the gate!
For keepsake before the mansion gets demolished
The bad news is, Oppa’s mansion would be demolished shortly and rebuilt! In fact, they have already started gutting the interior! What they will do, I have no idea, only that the next time we trek up this way, Oppa’s mansion might be totally different!
So see it while it is still standing, before you miss another “My Golden Life” location shooting point! Quick, get off your butts before it is too late!
KBS Drama Youtube Video – “My Golden Life” Ep 7: Oppa’s House
https://youtu.be/ZeSyjUps2Jo
https://youtu.be/y3pSbxK4KcM
“我黄金光辉的人生”：偶吧Oppa的豪宅
KBS电视剧“我黄金光辉的人生”里的偶吧Oppa崔道京是第三代财阀，生于银勺子，不需要愁物质上的需求。他住在钟路区首尔平昌洞富裕的区域。这个区域拥有好多美国式的豪宅，通常被称为首尔的“贝弗利山庄Beverly Hills”。这里的居民包括跨国企业集团的大老板和顶级韩国名流。
由Bugaksan山环绕，独特的树木繁茂，宁静的环境，陡峭的道路，所以要去偶吧Oppa的豪宅要费劲的走上山坡。应该不容易错过这位于T字路口，围绕着他家的那座颇具气势堡垒的红砖墙。
Far from the maddening crowd on tranquil grounds
我已经两次去过偶吧Oppa的房子了。 在2017年12月寒冷的冬天，当他在拍摄夜景时，偶吧Oppa因为大胆的宣布独立而被祖父赶出家门的时候！那晚可是个特别寒冷的夜晚。我都被冻僵了，何况是没有穿太多保暖外套的偶吧Oppa！我好同情啊！
我最近在2018年4月参加施厚君的生日会时，再去偶吧Oppa的房子了。那时天气已经非常暖和。因为没有一大群粉丝在外等候，也没有KBS的制作团队在拍摄，所以可以看到更多房子的特点。和我一起去的几位姐妹们都很幸运因为守卫先生打开了前门，让我们看到他们家的小白狗和房子。偶吧Oppa的房子简直太棒了！房子，不！应该说是豪宅！还有巨大的花园。不幸的是主人在家，所以我们只能在大门里的几步观看！
Oppa’s mansion and life invaded
坏消息是偶吧Oppa的豪宅在不久将被拆除重建！事实上，他们已经开始拆除房子的内部！怎么重建，将来会是什么样，我不知道。下回我们去偶吧Oppa的房子时，可能都认不出来了！
所以乘着旧房子仍然还在时，大家赶紧去参观“我金色光辉的人生”的拍摄景点之一！得快，不然就晚了！
Oppa’s impressive mansion 偶吧Oppa宏伟的豪宅
Oppa’s mansion is truly opulent. Huge house, huge grounds
A spectacular view of the surroundings
Credits – Many thanks! KBS Drama, Park Sihoo Weibo, Hoo Factory Naver Post, ParkSihooSsi.com
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Muñeco hermoso
This impressionante mansion it was one of the favorite locations for the producers of Korean dramas. In 2013: The Heirs, in 2014: The greatest marriage and others which I don’t know. And now, in My Golden Life. But the interiors in every drama they are different, they are created in the studios or they are filmed in others houses. Maybe the original interior of this mansion it’s like in “The greatest marriage”?
I feel sorry for its demolation. But it seem to be old and fatigued. This beautiful house that has accumulated so many memories in time, should not be demolished, it must, however, be at least renovated. And it would be a reper point in the Korean drama history.
Sadly, demolition of this grand mansion might have already started and the whole structure completely wiped out from the face of this earth in time to come. Agree with your thoughts it should be preserved for its intrinsic values but alas its private owned and there’s no ability to stop the demolition unless the owner opts not to. Its such a pity, but saving grace the last drama its featured in is MGL, and the bunch of us did manage to snap a few shots of it and the surrounding when we visited on 3003. Gosh such a posh area. In my country we will say the residents there are from very “atas” ( high) society.
For the sake of memories, all we have to do is hope the landlord will opt for a similar building architecture.
I have serious doubt if he would do that Daniela Maria Miricescu. If he has any intention to keep the architecture, he would not demolish it in the first place. So we will just have to relive it in the old dramas like MGL of this grand old dame that used to grace the area.
I find it odd that CDK had to share bathroom with his 2 sisters in such a “mansion”. I expect every Choi child has his/her own en suite bathroom when the Chois were supposed to be so very rich.
See? That’s why demolishes it!😊
Hahaha! Remember Family Honor? I found it odd that Lee Kangsuk and his sister didn’t have ensuite too! Maybe it is something very Korean?
Daniela Maria Miricescu This the very 1st thing that comes to my mind : Inadequate interior design so demolish it hahaha.
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후-씨 朴施厚君 Well, then only writer can use plot material like washing female underwares to annoy CDK
I just thinking: Baek Shi Yoon is aged 35, Choi Do Kyung has 33, and Philip Yu, if PSH accepts the role, he will be probably 30 years old, because all PSH’s recent pictures seem to say that.
Easily. Very easily Philip Yu’s role (if accepted by PSH) can very well be age 28 to 30, and our PSH easily fits that.
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