Blue Sky with a White Sun

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National Emblem of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Armiger Taiwan
Adopted17 December 1928; 95 years ago (1928-12-17) (Nationalist government)
25 October 1945; 78 years ago (1945-10-25) (Taiwan)
Party Emblem of the Kuomintang
ArmigerKuomintang
Kuomintang
"Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag (青天白日旗)
UseKuomintang party flag and the ROC naval jack
Proportion2:3
Adopted1895; 129 years ago (1895)
DesignA white sun with twelve rays on blue background.
Designed byLu Haodong

The Blue Sky with a White Sun (Chinese: 青天白日; pinyin: Qīngtīan Báirì) is the national emblem of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

In the "Blue Sky with a White Sun" symbol, the twelve rays of the white Sun representing the twelve months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours (時辰; shíchen), each of which corresponds to two modern hours and symbolizes the spirit of progress.[citation needed]

Official description

The national emblem of the Republic of China is officially described in the National Emblem and National Flag of the Republic of China Act:[1]

The national emblem of the Republic of China is a blue sky with a white sun in the following form:

  1. A blue circle.
  2. A white sun in the middle, with 12 white rays with pointed angles.
  3. There is a blue ring between the white sun and the white rays with pointed angles.

The position, angle and ratio of each subparagraph of the previous article are as follows:

  1. The center of the blue background circle is the center of the white sun.
  2. The ratio of the radius of the white sun to the radius of the surrounding blue circle is 1:3.
  3. The length from the center of the white sun to the top of a white ray with a pointed angle is twice the length of the radius of the white sun.
  4. The width of the blue ring between the white sun and the 12 white rays with pointed angles is equivalent to 1/15 of the diameter of the white sun.
  5. The top angle of each white ray with a pointed angle is 30 degrees, with the 12 rays totaling 360 degrees.
  6. The upper, lower, left and right sides of the white rays with pointed angles shall be facing north, south, east and west. The rest shall be evenly spread out.

History of the Blue Sky White Sun design

The "Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag was originally designed by

Qing society in Hong Kong, on February 21, 1895.[2]

During the

18-Star Flag", "Five-Colored Flag
", and other designs were used elsewhere.

When the government of the Republic of China was established on January 1, 1912, the "Five-Colored" flag was adopted as the national flag, but Sun Yat-sen did not consider its design appropriate, reasoning that horizontal order implied a hierarchy or class like that which existed during dynastic times. Thus, when he established a rival government in Guangzhou in 1917, he brought over the "Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag for the party and the "Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth" (青天白日滿地紅) flag, which was then the naval ensign, for the nation. This officially became the national flag in 1928 while the "Blue Sky with a White Sun" flag was adopted as the naval jack.

The "Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth" flag has remained the flag of the Republic of China to this day.

National emblem and history

Beiyang period

Main article: Twelve Symbols national emblem
Republic of China (1913–1928) and the Empire of China
(1915–1916).

The national emblem of the Republic of China was derived from the Blue Sky with a White Sun flag. The emblem was designed by

Whampoa Military Academy
in 1924 and was set as the national emblem by the Law of national flag and national emblem of the Republic of China in 1928.

On the national emblem rays of sun have some distance to the edge, symbolizing the broadness of the sky, while on Kuomintang emblem the rays reach the edge, symbolizing the spirit of revolution is as powerful as the sun.

The national emblem of the Republic of China from 1913 to 1928 is called Twelve Symbols national emblem, based on the traditional symbols on clothes of ancient Chinese emperors. It was designed by Lu Xun, Qian Daosun and Xu Shoushang on August 28, 1912, and was set as national emblem in February 1913. It remained as the national emblem during the Empire of China from 1915 to 1916. After the Northern Expedition it was replaced by the Blue Sky with a White Sun national emblem in 1928.

Nationalist period

See also:
Party-State

Since 1928, under the KMT's political tutelage, the Blue Sky with a White Sun Flag shared the same prominence as the ROC flag. A common wall display consisted of the KMT flag perched on the left and the ROC flag perched on the right, each tilted at an angle with a portrait of National Father Sun Yat-sen displayed in the center. After the promulgation of the Constitution of the Republic of China, the party flag was removed from such a display and the national flag was moved to the center. To promote a sense of national identity, the design of the national emblem was freely available to use and was featured prominently in corporate logos, art during the era.

Taiwanese period

Since the ROC government moved to Taiwan and especially in the years since the end of

pan-blue coalition
.

The flag and the symbol made news during the

pan-green coalition
failed to win a majority, and Chen took no action for the remainder of his presidency.

On 29 January 2021, the Legislative Yuan passed a resolution proposed by the New Power Party on 29 January instructing the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) to look into ways of addressing the issue of the similarity between the national emblem, in use since 1928 for all of China, and the KMT party flag.[7] The MOI responded that through their analysis of the current situation, the change "should not be taken lightly," though suggesting that symbols of political parties could be changed.[8]

  • The KMT (sides) and ROC (center) flags displayed at a party building in Kaohsiung.
    The KMT (sides) and ROC (center) flags displayed at a party building in Kaohsiung.
  • The Taiwan Railway Administration also used KMT emblem as their logo from 1945 to 1950.
    The
    Taiwan Railway Administration
    also used KMT emblem as their logo from 1945 to 1950.

Use in other countries

The design of "Blue Sky with a White Sun" was used in the unit insignia or coats of arms of some units of the

China Burma India Theater. Postwar US military units stationed in Taiwan, including the United States Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC) and the Military Assistance Advisory Group
(MAAG), also used the design in their badges.

Up to now, the "Blue Sky with a White Sun" can still be seen in the emblem of the

75th Ranger Regiment
.

Other emblems

Historical Taiwanese emblems

Taiwan's earliest emblems were used during the European periods.

In 1895, Taiwan was annexed by Japan.[9] The emblem was worn as an official clothing of the Governor's Office in Taiwan which featured a Daijishō with a Sycamore leaf and chrysanthemum branch in a brown circle.[10]

After the

Republic of China
which adopted the Blue Sky with a White Sun emblem. This symbol remains in use to this day in Taiwan and by the Kuomintang.

Chinese Taipei

Main article: Chinese Taipei

After the

National Emblem of the Republic of China and the Party Emblem of the Kuomintang).[11]
The Olympic flag of Chinese Taipei depicts the emblem on a white field.

Subdivisions

Provinces (streamlined)

  • Fujian (1945–2019)
    Fujian
    (1945–2019)
  • Taiwan (1945–2018)
    Taiwan (1945–2018)

Counties

Gallery

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ National Emblem and National Flag of the Republic of China Act, English
  2. ^ "National flag". english.president.gov.tw. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  3. ^ Flight International. April 28, 1938. p. 416 Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine (Archive). " EURASIA AVIATION CORP., 97, Jinkee Road, Shanghai."
  4. ^ "Eurasia Aviation Corporation - A German-Chinese Airline in China and its Airmail 1931-1943 by Peter Moeller and Larry D. Sall, paperback in color, 2007, 153 pages, great book on the history of this airline, includes a listing of First Flight covers and catalog values Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine." China Stamp Society. Retrieved on October 4, 2014.
  5. Airlife, 1995. p. 6
    . "Chinese Ministry of Communications which declared Eurasia to be a Chinese State-owned airline. The airline then fell into more trouble as a direct result of the continuing Japanese occupation. The fleet of airliners was based in Hong Kong[...]"
  6. Airlife, 1995. p. 5
    . "The outcome of this venture was Eurasia Airlines, operating six- seater Junkers W33 airliners across Asia into China."
  7. ^ "Taiwan weighing necessity of changing national emblem". Taiwan News. 30 March 2021.
  8. ^ Wu, Su-wei (10 April 2021). "Report suggests changing KMT emblem". Taipei Times.
  9. ^ "アルテモンド 豆知識 / ななこ織". www.artemondo.co.jp.
  10. ^ "始政四十周年記念台湾博覧会写真帖 - 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション". dl.ndl.go.jp.
  11. ^ "謎底揭開：原來中華奧會一直用黨徽出賽". 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-18.

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