{"id":13218,"date":"2017-04-24T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=13218"},"modified":"2017-04-17T17:32:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T21:32:30","slug":"the-chinese-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/the-chinese-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chinese Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no symbol of a country more recognizable or important than its <strong>flag<\/strong> (\u56fd\u65d7 &#8211; gu\u00f3 q\u00ed). It&#8217;s flown in front of important buildings, used in government functions, and also a big part of international events like the Olympics. Chances are you&#8217;ve seen the Chinese flag, but do you know what the colors and the design represent? You will in just a few minutes! First, let&#8217;s learn a bit of history.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">History of the Flag<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_13223\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/800px-Zeng_Liansongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_.png\" aria-label=\"800px Zeng Liansongs Proposal For The PRC Flag.svg \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13223\" class=\"wp-image-13223\"  alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/800px-Zeng_Liansongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/800px-Zeng_Liansongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/800px-Zeng_Liansongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/800px-Zeng_Liansongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zeng Liansong&#8217;s original design.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The current flag of China was designed by <strong>Zeng Liansong<\/strong> (\u66fe\u806f\u677e), a citizen from Zhejiang. The inspiration came from an ancient Chinese proverb:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;longing for the stars, longing for the moon&#8221;<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">\u76fc\u661f\u661f\u76fc\u6708\u4eae &#8211; p\u00e0n x\u012bng x\u012bng p\u00e0n yu\u00e8 li\u00e0ng<\/h3>\n<p>Zeng named his design &#8220;<strong>Five Stars on a Field of Red<\/strong>&#8221; (\u7d05\u5730\u4e94\u661f\u65d7 &#8211; h\u00f3ng d\u00ec w\u01d4 x\u012bng q\u00ed). He beat out nearly 3,000 other entrants in a competition that was started at the end of the long Civil War. Some modifications were made to his original design, including the removal of the hammer and sickle. The name was also changed to simply &#8220;<strong>Five Star Red Flag<\/strong>&#8221; (\u7d05\u5730\u4e94\u661f\u65d7 &#8211; h\u00f3ng w\u01d4 x\u012bng q\u00ed), removing the character \u5730.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13220\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/600px-Mao_Zedongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_.png\" aria-label=\"600px Mao Zedongs Proposal For The PRC Flag.svg \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13220\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13220\"  alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/600px-Mao_Zedongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/600px-Mao_Zedongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/600px-Mao_Zedongs_proposal_for_the_PRC_flag.svg_-350x233.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rejected Yellow River design.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another popular design that was eventually rejected had a horizontal yellow bar going through the middle of the flag to represent the <strong>Yellow River<\/strong> (\u9ec4\u6cb3 &#8211; hu\u00e1ng h\u00e9). The winning design was first flown in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/a-guide-to-tiananmen-square\/\">Tiananmen Squar<\/a>e on October 1, 1949, with the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China after\u00a0the Communist victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"China | Flag History\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DY3BYzOB-rY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Get the whole story on the Chinese flag in this great video from Jabzy.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Colors and Design<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_13221\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_.png\" aria-label=\"Flag Of The Peoples Republic Of China.svg \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13221\" class=\"wp-image-13221\"  alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_.png 800w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese Flag<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The flag of China is <strong>red<\/strong> (\u7ea2\u8272 &#8211; h\u00f3ng s\u00e8) and <strong>yellow<\/strong> (\u9ec4\u8272 &#8211; hu\u00e1ng s\u00e8). The red symbolizes the revolution and the blood that was spilt throughout. It&#8217;s said that yellow implies the &#8220;yellow race&#8221; that Chinese people belong to or that it represents the sun shining down on the country.\u00a0In the upper left corner, there are five stars. The larger star represents the Communist Party leadership. The idea for the four smaller stars comes from a speech by Mao Zedong, where he defined Chinese people as belong to four classes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>the working class<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>the peasantry<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>the urban petty bourgeoisie<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>the national bourgeoisie<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The design of the stars is meant to show the unity of the Chinese people around the Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the US, where there&#8217;s a flag for each state, the only sub-national flags in China are in the Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of Hong Kong and Macau. It&#8217;s actually technically illegal for other provinces\/cities to have their own flag.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Where are you from? Leave a story about your country&#8217;s flag in the comments below. Even better &#8211; write it in Chinese!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_-350x233.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_-350x233.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/04\/Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China.svg_.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>There is no symbol of a country more recognizable or important than its flag (\u56fd\u65d7 &#8211; gu\u00f3 q\u00ed). It&#8217;s flown in front of important buildings, used in government functions, and also a big part of international events like the Olympics. 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