2. juni 2018

First flag of the Republic of China 1912–28


First flag of the Republic of China, or "Five-colored flag". It was widely flown even before the Republic of China in Shanghai and eastern parts of north China until 1928. The stripe representation: red for Han Chinese, yellow for Manchus, blue for Mongols, white for Hui and black for Tibetans. Later used by the Japanese puppet states of the East Hebei Autonomous Council and Chinese Provisional Government.