List of Hong Kong flags

This is a list of flags of Hong Kong.

Official flag

FlagDurationUseDescription
1 July 1997-presentFlag of Hong KongA white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field.[1] The Chinese name of Bauhinia × blakeana has also been frequently shortened as 紫荊/紫荆 (洋 yáng means "foreign" in Chinese, and this would be deemed inappropriate by the PRC government), although 紫荊/紫荆 refers to another genus called Cercis. A statue of the plant has been erected in Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong. Although the flowers are bright pinkish purple in colour, they are depicted in white on the Flag of Hong Kong.

Historical flags

FlagDurationUseDescription
1514–1521Flag of the Kingdom of PortugalPortuguese navy occupied Tamão (present-day Tuen Mun, Lantau and Kwai Chung) in 1514.
1843–1868Flag of United KingdomUnion Jack flew during the initial possession of the colony in 1841 and seal found in the 1870 flag was used by the Government beginning in 1843.
1862–1890Flag of the Qing dynastyThe first variant (triangular) of the Qing flag. New Territories was still Qing land before 1898. Qing Empire had no official flags from 1644-1862.
1871–1876Flag of the British Crown colony of Hong KongA British Blue Ensign with a crowned "HK".
1876–1941
1945–1955
Flag of the British Crown colony of Hong KongA British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene.
1890–1898Flag of the Qing dynastyThe second variant (rectangular) of the Qing flag. New Territories was still Qing land before 1898.
1941–1945Flag of JapanMilitary occupation by the Empire of Japan.
1955–1959Flag of the British Crown colony of Hong KongA British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene.
1959–1997Flag of the British Crown colony and later British Dependent Territory of Hong KongA British Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997).
1985–1999Flag of the Regional Council (Hong Kong)A stylized Bauhinia blakeana leaf outline in white, in the form of a diagonally-tilted capital "R", on a green background, representing the green of the leaves.
1960s–1999Flag of the Urban Council (Hong Kong)A stylized Bauhinia blakeana flower outline in white on a pink background, representing the colour of the flower.
1910–1941
1945–1959
Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong
1959–1997Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong

See also

References

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