Symbol

The white background of the center has the English initial for Yangsan for 'Y' and it is the junction to connect Gyeongbu Expressway and Namhae Expressway that indicates Yangsan as the hub of transportation for the eastern inland.
Blue has the English initial 'S' of Yangsan that it expresses the spirit of Yangsan in Yangsan River and Nakdong River.
Green expresses the clear blue natural environment of Yangsan with the City growing into economic city with the harmony of culture, tourism and industry.
Red expresses the strong spirit of Yangsan people striving for the hopeful future.
Yellow expresses the passion of Yangsan people with the sun as the hope for future.
he overall look has the shape of natural environment of Yangsan and spirit of Yangsan people with its dynamic rotation toward the hopeful future and it symbolizes that Yangsan is the city of transportation, tourism, and culture with its goal to reaching out to future.

City flower - Magnolia

Date of designation : June 15, 1981
Features and cause of designation
- The flower has the white color that blossoms in the middle of April before it sprouts and the fruit is ripe in September - October.
- The flower symbolizes tender and generous image of citizens and the green leaves display the strength of citizens and the stem indicates the unity of helping each other.

Date of designation : June 15, 1981
Features and cause of designation
This tree has peculiar look with its skin splitting off in yellow brown color. The tree has the white colored flowers in four directions in June and displays strong scent. This is rare tree that lives in Sangbuk-myeon that it is designated as Natural Monument No. 234, and its white flowers are loved by people and symbolizes innocent and spotless personality of people in Yangsan.

Date of designation : February 14, 2005
Meaning
Characters of Yangsan City, Yangi and Sani, expresses the vision of Yangsan City for the dream and hope of the 21st century and Yangsan City harmonized and integrated the region with its affectionate feeling for the sentiment of Yangsan citizens. The head shape of Yangi depicts the image of sky/sun while the head shape of Sani has the image of land/nature that they represent the bright and happy boys and girls to express the progressive and future-oriented images of Yangsan City. In addition, Yangi and Sani who will be leading 21C Yangsan would leap into the future of dream and hope by integrating nature, culture and education. The implication that is symbolized by the thumb of the left hand of Sani is designed as the will of Yangsan City for 'the largest transportation and logistics city of the eastern part of Gyeongnam'.

By personifying 'Y', it emphasizes humanism while visualize the leaves of magnolia, the city flower of Yangsan City, as the nature-friendly factor, to express the urban image of nature and human to harmonize to form the livable city image.
The golden color is to symbolize the inner wisdom to express the sophisticated urban image while the blue color implies the clean and transparent city image that strives for better future. And the violet color expresses graceful and attractive city image to emphasize the high class city image.
In order to express 'Yangsan' with the core value, the writing style in 'Active' is unified, and the visual image is improved with 'A' as the capital letter, and for visualizing the hope and dynamics in succinct form, shining star is imaginated on the alphabet, 'i'.
Gray color used is the global color that accepts all things that it implies the positiveness and general acceptance of Yangsan City that places all out efforts for better future.