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Modern and advanced City Contruction of Graceful - New Yeongdo

YoungGaBy

Character : YOUNG GABY (Enacted on Sep. 28, 1999)

The Young Gaby means the "Shell of Yeongdo"

Young Gaby
  • It characterizes the friendly image of the young primitive man of the Stone Age.
  • It images the regional characteristics with the cultural value as the largest cultural heritages of the East Asian Neolithic Period as well as the Dongsam-dong Shell Midden.
  • The concept of the YOUNGGABY
    • "YOUNG" stands for youth tantamount to the unlimited potentiality and the future-oriented concept.
    • "GABY" is the abbreviation of "JOGABY(shell)" with the historic and cultural vestiges implied.

Explanation of "YOUNG GABY"

Original Meaning : YOUNGDO + JO GABY(SHELL)

Background

  • YOUNG : The Initial of YOUNGDO. Its literal meanings include young, innocent, pure, and friendly. It represents unlimited possibility, and hopeful, progressive and future oriented spirit.
  • GABY : The Abbreviation of JOGABY. It represents the shell midden, one of the major historical and cultural relics of Yeongdo.

The Character of YOUNG GABY

The character of the YOUNGGABY is precocious, beautiful, friendly and sentimental to everybody by personifying a young up-and-coming and future-oriented primitive man while the past (shell midden and shell) and the future (young) coexist.

The Gender of YOUNG GABY

It is gender-neutral in its shape, but in its pronunciation the masculine gender is "YOUNGGAB-Y" and the feminine gender "YOUNGGABY."
The gender is not definite in consideration of the shell's biological character personifying a shell -- a young primitive man.