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The Nanjing Road following the Shanghai Uprising, with the Five Races Under One Union flags used by the revolutionaries on display. Despite the uprisings targeting a Manchu-dominated regime, Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren and Huang Xing unanimously advocated racial integration, which was symbolized by the five-color flag. [11]
The Song of Five Races Under One Union (Chinese: 五族共和歌; pinyin: Wǔzú gònghé gē) is a former national anthem of China. It was created in 1912 and used by the Provisional Government in Nanjing until the adoption of the Song to the Auspicious Cloud in 1913.
It was similar to the "Five Races Under One Union" (Chinese: 五族共和) motto used by the Republic of China, for the Han, Manchus, Hui, Mongols and Tibetans, but the third of the four Chinese characters was changed from Togetherness (共) to Cooperation (協). Both mottoes were pronounced the same "Go zoku kyōwa" in Japanese.
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 (red), the Manchu (yellow), the Mongol (blue), the Hui (white), and the Tibetan (black).
The Five Races Under One Union flag with horizontal stripes represented the five major nationalities of the republic. [175] The red represented Han , the yellow represented Manchus , the blue for Mongols , the white for Muslims , and the black for Tibetans .
Hakkō ichiu, "to bring the eight corners of the world under one roof", added a religious overtone to the theme. [25] It was based on the story of Emperor Jimmu, who had founded Japan, and finding five races on it, had made them all as "brothers of one family." [97] In 1940, the Japan Times and Mail recounted the story of Jimmu on the 2600 ...
After the establishment of the provisional government in Nanjing, the Ministry of Education under Cai Yuanpei asked the public for possible anthems (as well as coats of arms), and "Song of Five Races under One Union" (五旗共和歌), with lyrics by Shen Enfu (沈恩孚) and music by Shen Pengnian (沈彭年), was released as a draft in the ...
Sun developed the principles of Five Races Under One Union to unite the five major ethnic groups of China—Han, Mongols, Tibetans, Manchus, and the Muslims (such as the Uyghurs)—under one "Chinese Nation". This principle is symbolized by the Five Color Flag of the First Republic of China (1911–1928). He believed that China must develop a ...