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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.
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 ...
National emblem of the Republic of China (1912–1927) and the Empire of China (1915–1916). The Empire of China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty did not have an official state emblem, but the flag featured the azure dragon on a plain yellow field with a red sun of the three-legged crow [citation needed] in the upper left corner.
The People's Republic of China (PRC) controls all of mainland China, while the Republic of China (ROC) controls Taiwan and nearby islands. See National symbols of Taiwan. Both countries used to claim to be the legitimate government of all of China, with Taiwan informally dropping territorial claims in the early nineties.
Source: National Flag Image for Online Usage, National People's Congress of PRC, per Article 9 of the National Flag Law of PRC: "Standard version of national flag image for online usage is released on the website of the National People's Congress and the Government of China ...
The flag is no longer used in mainland China due to the ROC defeat in the Chinese Civil War and the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The ROC national flag has since then remained in use within the " Free Area ", which includes the islands of Taiwan and Penghu , as well as some remaining offshore islands off the Fujian coast ...
Painting of the Qing army facing the Panthay Rebellion in Yunnan. The Qing military used a five-color flag. After the Wuchang uprising, the Qing dynasty was replaced by the Republic of China. Prior to the adoption of the five-colored flag by the Republic, several different flags were promoted by the revolutionaries.
(People's Republic of China) used by: 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) current since: 1949-10-01 created by: 曾联松 (Zeng Liansong) format: 2:3 shape: rectangular FIAV: ↑: colours: red, yellow other characteristics: flag contains 5 stars (special formation of the stars: none).