Firstly, let's face the flag issue... This is the current flag of Hong Kong:
In my opinion, it's a very good flag. But the red background and the five stars are clearly taken from People's Republic of China national flag. Before 1997, when Hong Kong was still a British colony, it used the following flag:
A number of photographs show a flag used by pro-autonomy or pro-independence protesters consisting of the British-age coat of arms, in blue background, with "Hong Kong" witten in Chinese ("香港"):
A former proposed flag of same movement is the following:
The fact that some groups are now avoiding directly British symbolism (the Union Jack) is a point I took to design my proposal below, admittedly inspired by Qing flag:
The blue background represents the British past and the port of Hong Kong. The dragon (and the red details) shows the Chinese culture of the region, and its golden color stands for the financial importance of Hong Kong for the world; notice it appears in the last three flags I showed. The white disk, apart from the rising sun, represents the nickname of "pearl of the Orient" given by the British and present in the coat of arms they attributed to there.
It's, obviously, only one of many paradigms one could take to create such flag.
Comments are welcome.
Notice I tried to be the most politically-neutral I could.
A former proposed flag of same movement is the following:
The fact that some groups are now avoiding directly British symbolism (the Union Jack) is a point I took to design my proposal below, admittedly inspired by Qing flag:
The blue background represents the British past and the port of Hong Kong. The dragon (and the red details) shows the Chinese culture of the region, and its golden color stands for the financial importance of Hong Kong for the world; notice it appears in the last three flags I showed. The white disk, apart from the rising sun, represents the nickname of "pearl of the Orient" given by the British and present in the coat of arms they attributed to there.
It's, obviously, only one of many paradigms one could take to create such flag.
Comments are welcome.
Notice I tried to be the most politically-neutral I could.
I like the way you revived traditional Chinese symbols, and gave them new meanings.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteIf we look to the more substantial side, the Qing flag inspiration may not be deemed appropriate as it was the sovereign that Mr. Sun Yat-sen strived to overthrow in pursuit of a democratic republic.
ReplyDeleteBut design-wise it's a great flag and the contrast of colours really stands out like the way HK's integrated culture does
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