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The banner of the Wuchang uprising (zh:武昌起义) of October 10, 1911, subsequently used as the flag of the army of the Republic of China, ca. 1913-1928. It appears on many varieties of Chinese currency issued during the 1910's and 1920's. Date: 2007 original work: 1907-08: Source: Own work based on: Republic of China Flags.jpg and ...
Wuchang military nine-star flag, with the Taijitu symbol in the middle Banner of the Wuchang Uprising, later used as the flag of the Republic of China army from 1913 to 1928. There were two revolutionary groups in the Wuhan area, the Literary Society (文學社) and the Progressive Association (共進會).
English: The banner of the Wuchang uprising (zh:武昌起义) of October 10, 1911, subsequently used as the flag of the army of the Republic of China, ca. 1913-1928. It appears on many varieties of Chinese currency issued during the 1910's and 1920's.
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]
In Wuhan, a flag with 18 yellow stars was used to represent the 18 administrative divisions at the time of the Wuchang Uprising. In Shanghai and northern China, a "Five-coloured Flag" ( 五色 旗 ; wǔ sè qí ) ( Five Races Under One Union flag) was used of five horizontal stripes representing the five major ethnicities of China : the Han ...
During the Wuchang Uprising, the military units of Wuchang wanted the nine-star flag with a taijitu. [173] Others in competition included Lu Haodong's Blue Sky with a White Sun flag. Huang Xing favored a flag bearing the mythical "well-field" system of village agriculture.
National Flag of the Republic of China, used between 1912 and 1928. Also known as "Five-colored flag". 1911: Wuchang Uprising. 1911: Flag of the Republic of China "Five-Colored Flag" selected as the national flag by the provisional senate. 1912: Sun Yat-sen elected First Provisional President of the ROC by delegates from independent provinces.
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 ...