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The notion of "green" in modern European languages corresponds to light wavelengths of about 520–570 nm, but many historical and non-European languages make other choices, e.g. using a term for the range of ca. 450–530 nm ("blue/green") and another for ca. 530–590 nm ("green/yellow").
Likely based on an old imperial Vietnamese (or Chinese) flag where the Europeans didn't know that the flag had a serrated ribbon and "filled it in" as a rectangle. The black triangles are sometimes blue or green based on different interpretations. It was first described in the year 1825 and is still present on early 20th century depictions.
A five-color flag consists of five concentric squares in red, green, yellow, and blue, representing the five elements (ngũ hành). The order of colors varies. The outermost square has three ragged edges, similar to fringing. The center of the flag is sometimes defaced to commemorate a specific concept or personality.
Image Type of flag Descriptions A popular variation of Vietnamese five-color flags. [1]In Vietnamese culture, five-colour flags (Vietnamese: cờ ngũ sắc, Chữ Hán: 旗五色) or five elements flags (cờ ngũ hành, Chữ Hán: 旗五行) are traditionally flown during festivals and religious ceremonies.
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A current Vietnamese passport contains 48 pages and 2 purple blue cover pages. Text on the cover is described in Vietnamese and English, respectively, making the Vietnamese passport the only passport which does not use French within the former French Indo-China states while Laotian and Cambodian passports both include French description on ...
Sky blue, yellow and green São Tomé and Príncipe: Green, yellow, red and black Senegal: Green, yellow and red Seychelles: Blue, yellow, red, white and green Sierra Leone: Green, white and blue Somalia: Blue and white South Africa: Red, green, blue, gold, black and white [1] Green and gold (used in sports) South Sudan: Black, red, green, blue ...
The Vietnamese dragon is the combined image of crocodile, snake, cat, rat and bird. Historically, the Vietnamese people lived near rivers, so they venerated crocodiles as "thuồng luồng" or "Giao Long", the first kind of Vietnamese dragon. There are some kinds of dragons found on archaeological objects.