Flag of Taiwan

Flag origins

The Republic of China flag used in Taiwan has a red field and blue canton containing a white twelve-rayed sun. Lu Haodong designed the blue-sky, white-sun precursor in 1893; Sun Yat-sen added the red field, and the Nationalist government formally established the design in 1928. Article 6 of the Constitution specifies it. Official explanations associate blue with brightness, purity and freedom; white with fairness and equality; and red with sacrifice and fraternity. Twelve rays refer to twelve months and the twelve traditional double-hours of a day.

Flag story

The flag was not the republic's original national flag in 1912. A horizontal five-color flag—red, yellow, blue, white and black—served that role, while the present design was used as a naval flag and by Sun's political movement. It became the national flag by law on 17 December 1928. After 1949, the Republic of China government continued using it in Taiwan.

Editorial notes and references

Edited by ABELHA WORKS. The English text translates the administrator-edited Japanese description. Legends should be distinguished from documented history. General reference links do not substantiate every statement in the text.

• Taiwan — general information on Wikipedia
• Japan MOFA: countries and regions (Japanese)

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