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The word 'Daengdaeng-i', which we often use when we want to express a puppy in a more cute way, was actually the name of a native Korean dog breed. Ddaengdaeng-i is another name for the Korean native dog Donggyeong-gyeon, and was also called by various names such as Danggaeng-i, Donggae, and Dongdonggae. The first written record of the Donggyeong-gyeon appears in the 《Donggyeong Japgi (東京雜記)》, which was supplemented by the 《Donggyeongji》 by Minju-myeon, the mayor of Gyeongju, in the 10th year of King Hyeonjong's reign. Among the clay figurines excavated from the Silla tombs, a clay figurine of a short-tailed dog was discovered. It is the oldest dog in Korean native dogs recorded in written records, having been bred since the Silla period in the 5th-6th century. The name 'Donggyeong-i' comes from the record that "Dogs bred in the Gyeongju area with short tails were called 'Donggyeong-gu'." At one time, they were sacrificed by people simply because their short tails were strange, and their traces gradually disappeared, but they were made known to the public again by Professor Choi Seok-gyu of Seorabeol University. Donggyeong, a Gyeongju dog with a characteristically short or no tail, has excellent jumping ability like a wild deer and is brave enough to compete with wild boars, but also has excellent friendliness that allows it to quickly become friends with people it meets for the first time. Following the Jindo dog, Pungsan dog, and Sapsaree dog, the Gyeongju dog was designated as the 4th native dog, and we will now meet the story of the legendary Silla dog, Donggyeong. Korean Travelogue Gyeongju Part 3 - Donggyeong, the famous dog of Silla for a thousand years (broadcast on 2011.09.14) #KoreanTravelogue #TaillessDogDonggyeong #SillaDog #NativeDogsWeKnewOf #NativeDogs #NativeDogs #AdoptDon’tShop