He presented his design to represent the revolutionary army at the inauguration of the Society for Regenerating China, an anti-Qing society in Hong Kong, on 21 February 1895. The canton (upper corner on the hoist side) originated from the ' Blue Sky with a White Sun flag' ( 青天白日旗 qīngtiān báirì qí) designed by Lu Haodong, a martyr of the Xinhai Revolution. History įlag of the Nationalist government (flown only in Taiwan after 1949). The flag was first hoisted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on a pole overlooking Beijing's Tiananmen Square on 1 October 1949, at a ceremony proclaiming the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The red represents the Chinese Communist Revolution and the five stars and their relationships to each other represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It has been the national flag of China since the foundation of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949. The design features one large star, with four smaller stars in an arc set off towards the fly. The national flag of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Five-star Red Flag is a Chinese red field with five golden stars charged at the canton. State flag of the People's Republic of China

1 January 2021 2 years ago ( ) (Colours standardised)Ī large golden star within an arc of four smaller golden stars, in the canton, on a field of Chinese red.Ī Chinese red field with a yellow star and Chinese numerals '八一', referencing 1 August, at the canton.

1 October 1949 73 years ago ( ) (National Flag of the People's Republic of China).

27 September 1949 73 years ago ( ) (flag approval by the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference).

Golden star chinese near me