The flag of the Chinese People's Liberation Army is the war flag of the People's Liberation Army; the layout of the flag has a golden star at the top left corner and two Chinese characters "" to the right of the star, placed on a red field. The characters "" (literally "eight one") are a reference to the

events Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of ev ...

of August 1, 1927 (8th month, 1st day); when the PLA was created by the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...

at the start of their rebellion in

Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

against the

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History

Based on a decree issued from

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ...

, the main flag of the PLA was created on 15 June 1949.

Design

The flag has a ratio of 5 by 4, which has a white sleeve measuring of the flag's length. For ceremonies, a PLA flag with golden fringe is placed on a pole with gold and red spiral stripes and topped with a golden finial and red tassel. The branches of the PLA, the

Ground Forces An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...

, Rocket Force and People's Armed Police, also have their own individual flags. In a 1992 order, the flags of the three branches were defined: the top of the flags is the same as the PLA flag; the bottom are occupied by the colors of the branches. The flag of the Ground Forces has a forest green bar at the bottom, the naval ensign has stripes of blue and white at the bottom, the Air Force uses a sky blue bar at the bottom, the Rocket Force uses a yellow bar at the bottom and the People's Armed Police uses three olive stripes at the bottom. The forest green represents the earth, the blue and white stripes represent the seas, the sky blue represents the air, the yellow represents the flare of missile launching and the three olive stripes represents the People's Armed Police responsible for the three main tasks and force composition of maintaining national political security and social stability, maritime rights protection and law enforcement, and defense operations. Z-8 with the flag of PLA at PRC70 (20191001104404)

Z-8 with the flag of PLA at PRC70 (20191001104404)

Gallery

File:People's Liberation Army Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg, alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background., PLA File:Ground Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg, alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag is a green bar., Ground Force File:Naval Ensign of the People's Republic of China.svg, alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag are stripes of blue, white, blue, white and blue.,

File:Air Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg, alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag is a sky blue bar.,

File:Rocket Force Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg, alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag is a yellow bar., Rocket Force File:People's Armed Police Flag.svg, alt=A golden star, along with three Chinese characters, placed on a red background. At the bottom of a flag is 3 green bars., People's Armed Police

References

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