Five Races Under One Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() The center flag is the Five-Colored Flag of the Republic of China. Underneath the three flags is the message: "Long live the union" (共和萬歲). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 五族共和 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | five-race republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Five Races Under One Union was one of the major principles upon which the Republic of China was founded following the 1911 Revolution.[1][2][3][4] Its central tenet was the harmonious existence under one nation of what were considered the five major ethnic groups in China: the Han, the Manchu, the Mongols, the Hui (Muslims), and the Tibetans.[5]
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"Five-Colored Flag" (五色旗; Wǔsèqí) | |
Use | Civil and state flag ![]() |
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Proportion | 5:8 |
Adopted | 10 January 1912 |
Relinquished | 29 December 1928 |
Design | Five horizontal bands of red, yellow, blue, white and black. |