Flag of Mengjiang

The flag used by the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government consists of a horizontal colour pattern of yellow, blue, white, red, white, blue and again yellow.

See also: List of Chinese flags
Mengjiang
Flag of the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government
UseNational flag
Proportion2:3
Adopted1 September 1939
DesignA horizontal red bar in the middle, with two thin white bars surrounding it, within a blue bar, on a yellow field.

The colors on the flag were used to represent major ethnic groups in Mengjiang: blue for the Mongols; red for the Japanese; yellow for the Han and white for the "Hui" (the name given to the Muslims at that time).[1]

South Chahar, North Shanxi and the Mongol Military Government each had their respective flags before merged with the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government.

  • Flag of Mongol Military Government (1936-1937) and the Mongol United Autonomous Government (1937-1939)
    Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of Mongol Military Government (1936-1937) and the Mongol United Autonomous Government (1937-1939)
  • Flag of South Chahar Autonomous Government (1938-1939)
    Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of South Chahar Autonomous Government (1938-1939)
  • Flag of North Shanxi Autonomous Government (1938-1939)
    Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of North Shanxi Autonomous Government (1938-1939)[2]

The colors on the flag of Mengjiang is similar to the Five Races Under One Union flag formerly used by the Republic of China.

See also

References
  1. Mengjiang: Japanese puppet state, Government's Article of Corporation of Mengjiang United Autonomous Government
  2. Flag of North Shanxi government Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, 晉北自治政府旗（政府成立一周年紀念日 民國二十七年十月十五日制定）
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