National Emblem of the People's Republic of China | |
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Armiger | People's Republic of China |
Adopted | 20 September 1950 |
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Simplified Chinese | 中华人民共和国国徽 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中華人民共和國國徽 | ||||||||
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The National Emblem of the People's Republic of China is a national symbol of the People's Republic of China and contains in a red circle a representation of Tiananmen Gate,the entrance gate to the Forbidden City,where Mao Zedong declared the foundation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. Above this representation are the five stars found on the national flag. The largest star represents the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),while the four smaller stars represent the four social classes as defined in Maoism. The emblem is described as being "composed of patterns of the national flag": [1]
...The red color of the flag symbolizes revolution and the yellow color of the stars the golden brilliant rays radiating from the vast red land. The design of four smaller stars surrounding a bigger one signifies the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
—China Yearbook 2004 [2]
The outer border of the red circle shows sheaves of wheat and the inner sheaves of rice,which together represent agricultural workers. At the center of the bottom portion of the border is a cog-wheel that represents industrial workers.
According to The Description of the National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国国徽图案说明),these elements taken together symbolise the revolutionary struggles of the Chinese people since the May Fourth Movement and the coalition of the proletariat which succeeded in founding the People's Republic of China.
The Empire of China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty did not have an official state emblem,but the flag featured the azure dragon on a plain yellow field with a red sun of the three-legged crow [ citation needed ] in the upper left corner. It became the first national flag of China and is usually referred to as the Yellow Dragon Flag.
Following the end of Manchu rule,new national symbols were deemed necessary by the leaders to represent the changed circumstances. The renowned writers Lu Xun,Qian Daosun,and Xu Shoushang from the Ministry of Education were tasked with designing a new national emblem. It was presented on August 28,1912,and was adopted as national emblem in February 1913. President-Emperor Yuan Shikai continued its use during his short imperial reign from 1915 to 1916. The emblem is based on the ancient symbols of the Twelve Ornaments.[ citation needed ] These are first mentioned as already ancient in the Book of Documents by Emperor Shun,who was one of the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Oral tradition holds that he lived sometime between 2294 and 2184 BC. [3] According to the book,the emperor wished for the symbols to be used on official robes of the state.
The Northern Expedition led by General Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang party led to the overthrow of the fractious yet internationally recognized Beiyang government in 1928. This ushered in a one-party state under the Kuomintang known as the Nanjing decade. The state emblem was therefore replaced with the Kuomintang Blue Sky with a White Sun party symbol. The "Blue Sky,White Sun,and a Wholly Red Earth" flag has remained the flag of the Republic of China to this day. During this period,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.
Since the ROC government moved to Taiwan and especially in the years since the end of martial law the Kuominmtang flag has lost some of its prominence. However,it is still frequently seen on KMT party buildings in political rallies and other meetings of KMT and the pan-blue coalition.
The first communist government in China known as the Chinese Soviet Republic had the emblem adopted in 1934. It consisted of an hammer and sickle on a globe,and the grain ears are placed under and on both sides of the earth. Above the earth and the five-pointed star is written the "Chinese Soviet Republic" on the top,and the "Workers of the world,unite!" written on the bottom.
On July 10,1949,the government held a public competition for the design of the national emblem,however no satisfactory designs were selected. Therefore,on September 27,1949,the First Plenary Session of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference decided to invite designers for the proposals of the national emblem and two groups from two universities were selected in September 1949. Three proposals were selected for the first round discussion:
Members of the first Charter of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference committee discussed these three proposals on June 10,1950. The result of the discussion was,the China Central Academy of Fine Arts proposal was too colourful to be regarded as trademarks,and proposal from Tsinghua University was regarded as bourgeois due to its use of traditional symbols. The committee suggested the groups include the Tian'anmen Gate,a symbol of Chinese revolution that served as the location of the May Fourth Movement and foundation ceremony of the People's Republic of China on October 1,1949. [6]
The two groups then worked on a second round of proposals. The second round proposals from Tsinghua University were based on standardized design of the Tian'anmen Gate on the emblem and red and yellow were chosen as the main colours. [7]
At the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference committee meeting on June 15,proposals from Tsinghua University were chosen and the committee suggested "Combine the design of No.1 and No.3. with outer ring of No.1 and content of No.3". [8]
Tsinghua University presented their new design and their proposal was selected and officially made the national emblem on 20 September 1950 by the Central People's Government. The selected design was further standardized and simplified by Gao Zhuang and was confirmed on August 18,1950. [9]
National standard of China: GB 15093-2008 specifies the construction, material and color of the national emblem.
Proportion | Construction |
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Before the Communist takeover of Mainland China, the ROC had provinces design their own emblems. Only two emblems were used so far.
On April 15, 1985, Taiyuan City officially announced its emblem, becoming the first city in the People's Republic of China to have a city emblem.
Hong Kong and Macao each have their own emblem. The National People's Congress have passed the standardized use of the two special administrative regions' emblems.
Under Chinese law since November 1997, only Hong Kong and Macau are allowed to have their own emblems and other localities that had them had to stop using theirs. [10] This rule was ignored in 2011 when the city of Chengdu chose the Golden Sun Bird found under the city's Jinsha site as its emblem. [11]
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