National Flag Of Hong Kong

The colonial flags were replaced by the chinese national flag and a new standard for hong kong that had been designed in the mid 1990s and which was later modified slightly.

National flag of hong kong. In 1959 following a grant from the college of arms and with the consent of queen elizabeth ii it was adopted as the flag of british. The flag of hong kong between 1959 and 1997 was a blue ensign with the coat of arms of hong kong on a white disk. A dozen hong kong independence rioters set fire to the national flag of china assaulted the main gate of the embassy building and put up hong kong independence slogans on the gate. In hong kong it is also nicknamed the hong kong flag 香港旗 british hong kong flag 英屬香港旗 or the dragon and lion flag 龍獅旗.

The ceremony in hong kong s golden bauhinia square came as anti government protests have been smaller and fewer this year due to coronavirus restrictions on group gatherings and fears over a sweeping national security law imposed by beijing on june 30. The new hong kong flag was officially adopted on july 1 1997. In a statement on its website the chinese embassy said a dozen hong kong independence protesters set fire to the national flag of china on thursday oct 1 afternoon in blatant flagrant and. The flag of hong kong officially the regional flag of the hong kong special administrative region of the people s republic of china depicts a white stylised five petal hong kong orchid tree bauhinia blakeana flower in the centre of a chinese red field.

A stylish white five petal bauhinia flower is centered on a red field. Hong kong coat of arms. Previously it had appeared on colonial stamps and coins. The five petals and red stars reflect the.

Hong kong on thursday october 1 marked the 71st anniversary of the founding of the people s republic of china with a flag raising ceremony and a reception hosted by chief executive carrie lam. The flower symbolizes harmony while the red coloring is a representation of nationalism for the chinese people. Its emblem the bauhinia flower is a traditional emblem of hong kong.