Leaping Forward with Harmony and Hope - Yeongi-gun, Korea
Posted by: silverquill
N 36° 34.971 E 127° 17.600
52S E 347315 N 4049953
This sign, bearing the mascot "Euttemi" with peaches, greets visitors to Yeongi-gun, a county in South Chungcheon Province, Korea.
Waymark Code: WMA88H
Location: Chungcheong nam do, South Korea
Date Posted: 11/30/2010
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Nearly every town, county, and province in Korea has it's mascot and a product that is its signature attraction. For Yeongi County it is peaches, and the character "Eutteumi" who "personifies the image of the peach symbolizing the future of prosperity and hope"
The slogan around the edge of the elevated sign is, "Leaping Forward with Harmony and Hope," at least roughly translated.
The sign is located in a triangular plaza, along with a Rotary International Monument, on National Highway 1 in the town of Jochiwon, governmental seat for the county (gun).