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The national flag of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Five-star Red Flag, [1] is a Chinese red field with five golden stars charged at the canton.The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in an arc set off towards the fly.
Above this representation are the five stars found on the national flag. The largest star represents the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), while the four smaller stars represent the four revolutionary social classes as defined in Maoism. The emblem is described as being "composed of patterns of the national flag": [1]
This flag is flown in the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau. National emblem: The National Emblem of China includes the Tiananmen Gate, where Mao declared the foundation of the People's Republic of China, in a red circle. Above the Gate are five stars; the largest represents the CCP, while the four smaller stars represent the four social classes.
The Far Eastern Republic of 1920 to 1922 used a yellow star on its military uniforms, and the flag of the People's Republic of China has five yellow stars on a red field. The flag of Vietnam also has a yellow star on a red field. Examples of communes and villages in China named after the red star include Hongxing Village in Huilong Township ...
Prior to the adoption of the five-colored flag by the Republic, several different flags were promoted by the revolutionaries. For example, the military units of Wuchang wanted a 9-star flag featuring a taijitu, [6] while Sun Yat-sen preferred the Blue Sky and White Sun flag to honor Lu Haodong. [6]
Flag Duration Use Description 1 July 1997 – present: Flag of Hong Kong [2]: A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals. The Chinese name of Bauhinia × blakeana has also been frequently shortened as 紫荊/紫荆 (洋 yáng means "foreign" in Chinese, and this would be deemed inappropriate by the PRC government), although 紫荊/紫荆 refers to ...
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The "18-Star Flag" was adopted by the army [10] and the modern flag was adopted as a naval ensign. [11] Sun Yat-sen, however, did not consider the five-coloured flag appropriate, reasoning that horizontal order implied a hierarchy or class like that which existed during dynastic times.