"Flag of Taiwan" redirects here. For proposed flags from Taiwan independent advocates, see Proposed flags of Taiwan. For a full list of flags ever used in Taiwan, see List of Taiwanese flags.
This article is about the national flag between 1928–1949 in mainland China and in Taiwan after 1945. For the Republic of China flag used before 1928, see Five Races Under One Union. For the flag of the People's Republic of China, see Flag of China.
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Republic of China
"Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth" (青天白日滿地紅)
Use
Civil and state flag, national ensign
Proportion
2:3
Adopted
1895; 129 years ago (1895) (by Revive China Society, original version) 1906; 118 years ago (1906) (addition of the red field) 1 January 1912; 112 years ago (1912-01-01) (naval flag) 5 May 1921; 102 years ago (1921-05-05) (by Guangzhou government) 9 December 1928; 95 years ago (1928-12-09) (in mainland China) 25 October 1945; 78 years ago (1945-10-25) (in Taiwan)
Relinquished
1 October 1949; 74 years ago (1949-10-01) (in mainland China) 1 May 1950; 73 years ago (1950-05-01) (in Hainan)
Design
A red field with a navy blue canton bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays
Designed by
Lu Haodong (The canton of the flag) Sun Yat-sen (The full layout)
"Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag (青天白日旗) Republic of China naval jack
Naval jack
Use
Naval jack
Proportion
2:3
Adopted
1895
Design
A white Sun with twelve rays on a navy blue background.
Designed by
Lu Haodong
Army flag
Use
War flag
Proportion
2:3
Design
A red field with a navy blue rectangular center with a white sun with twelve rays on top of the blue.
Commander-in-chief standard [zh]
Use
Presidential standard
Proportion
2:3
Design
A red field with a yellow border and navy blue circle on the top, a white sun with twelve rays is on top of the blue.
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Flag of the Republic of China
Traditional Chinese
中華民國國旗
Simplified Chinese
中华民国国旗
Literal meaning
Republic of China flag
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guóqí
Bopomofo
ㄓㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧˊ
Wade–Giles
Chung1-hua2 Min2-kuo2 Kuo2-ch'i2
Tongyong Pinyin
Jhong-huá Mín-guó Guó-qí
IPA
[ʈʂʊ́ŋ.xwǎ mǐn.kwǒ kwǒ.tɕʰǐ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jūngwàh Màhn·gwok gwokkèih
Blue Sky, White Sun and a Wholly Red Earth
Traditional Chinese
青天白日滿地紅
Simplified Chinese
青天白日满地红
Literal meaning
Blue sky, white sun, wholly red earth
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Qīng Tiān, Bái Rì, Mǎn Dì Hóng
Bopomofo
ㄑㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄞˊ ㄖˋ ㄇㄢˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ
Wade–Giles
Ch’ing1 T’ien1, Bai2 Jih4, Man3 Ti4 Hung2
Tongyong Pinyin
Cing Tian, Bái Rìh, Mǎn Dì Hóng
IPA
[tɕʰíŋ.tʰjɛ́n pǎɪ.ɻɻ̩̂ màn.tî.xʊ̌ŋ]
The flag of the Republic of China, commonly called the flag of Taiwan,[1][2][3] consists of a red field with a blue canton bearing a white disk surrounded by twelve triangles; said symbols symbolize the sun and rays of light emanating from it, respectively.
The flag was originally designed by the anti-Qing group, Revive China Society, in 1895 with the addition of the red field component in 1906 by Sun Yat-sen in his speech.[4] This was first used in mainland China as the Navy flag in 1912,[5] and was made the official national flag of the Republic of China in 1928 by the Nationalist government. It was enshrined in the sixth article of the ROC constitution when it was promulgated in 1947. The flag is no longer used in mainland China due to the ROC defeat in the Chinese Civil War and the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The ROC national flag has since then remained in use within the "Free Area", which includes the islands of Taiwan and Penghu, as well as some remaining offshore islands off the Fujian coast and some of the South China Sea Islands under ROC control.
The public display of this flag is still seen in historical museums and war cemeteries across mainland China, but its use remains illegal due to its history as a symbol of opposition to communism. Some supporters of Taiwanese independence reject the flag due to its association with Chinese nationalism and as a statement of opposition against the Kuomintang, although supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party and its leaders still retain and use the current flag both domestically and abroad.[6]
^"Flag of Taiwan". nationsonline.org. Nations Online. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
^Leslie Liao (2022-09-14). "Taiwan flag bearer blocked from stage appearance due to Chinese pressure". Radio Taiwan International. Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
^Michelle Toh, Wayne Chang (2022-06-02). "'Top Gun: Maverick' brings back the Taiwan flag after controversy". Cable News Network (CNN). Archived from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
^"National flag". english.president.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
^Official gazette of Ministry of the Navy of Republic of China, July 1912, page 344, pdf Archived 8 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine, National Central Library - Gazette Online
^"Hong Kong protester arrested with 30 Taiwanese flags | Taiwan News | 2020-07-01 20:39:00". July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
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