China Flag

The history of the national flag china is not very old; it has roots in the 19th century. But the history of china is very old, and has very good and nice culture. Before the current china national flag, there was another flag of china which was used by the communist party in the china, since the early 1920s. But later on, when the official flag of china came in then the older flag was replaced by the new flag of china.

On 27th September 1949 a conference was held by the political consultative meeting of the people of china. In this conference, at last, the republic of china flag was approved, after experiencing some variations in the old china flags. For the making of china flag a contest was held and round about 3,000 entries was received for the designing of national flag china. Lot of people had designed national flag china, and there came many samples of the china flags, but the one who won the contest was a brilliant artist and an economist. The flag of china was designed by the Zeng Liansong. So at last on 1st October 1949 the china national flag was adopted.

In 1999, upon the 50th anniversary of the china communist an order was published, by the committees of neighborhood and also by the local enforces of the communist government, that china flag must be flown on every resident. And also the one who will flow the old or scruffy china flag on their residents would pay three dollars for the new flag of china.

The description of the china flag is simple. The flag of china is made in the proportion of 2:3. The background of the flag of china is red in color. There are five stars on the whole present on the republic of china flag. These five stars are present on the upper left corner of the china flag. The stars color on the flag of china is yellow. Out of five stars, four stars are of small size on the Chinese flag while the one star is big as compared to the other four stars of the china flag. All five stars on the china flag have five corners. The four small stars on the flag of china are making a curve angle facing towards the big star of china flag.

The meaning of china flag is little bit controversial. There are different views about the meaning of the color of china flag. One study is that the red color on the republic of china flag depicts the rebellion gained by the freedom fighter. In reality it is also written by some historians that the government authority of China was accomplished with the help of the bloodshed of revolutionary martyr who fight heroic battle for the independence. The china’s communist party is represented by the big yellow color star on the flag of china. All the racial groups in the china are depicted by the four small yellow color stars on the flag of china. The yellow color of china flag stars depict that the communism has a vivid prospect in china.

Pictures of the flag of china can be downloaded from internet along with the china flag photo and the information about the different areas of the china. The detailed description of the maps of china is also available on internet. There are many other flags of china used in the country except the national flag of china. The china map and flags are usually drawn by kids in general school activity.

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