On June 15, 1949, the first plenary meeting of the preparatory meeting of the New Political Consultative Conference was held in Zhongnanhai, Peking, and the clarion call for establishing a democratic regime and a new country was officially sounded.

On June 15, 1949, the first plenary meeting of the preparatory meeting of the New Political Consultative Conference was held in Zhongnanhai, Peking, and the clarion call for establishing a democratic regime and a new country was officially sounded. Under the auspices of Zhou Enlai, various preparations for the founding ceremony of were fully carried out.

The first plenary meeting of the preparatory meeting of the new political consultation meeting

On July 15, the preparatory committee published an announcement in major newspapers and magazines, collecting national flag and national emblem patterns and national anthem lyrics from the whole country. As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in full swing, and the people's enthusiasm for designing the national flag was particularly high.

During the one-month solicitation activity, the sixth working group responsible for formulating the national flag, national emblem and national anthem received 2,992 national flag design drawings. After careful analysis and identification, these figures can be divided into four categories: the first type, the crossing of sickle hammers and adding a five-pointed star. The second type is that Jiahe gear represents the pattern of Workers and Peasants Alliance . The third type is to use two or three-color horizontal and vertical strips with sickles, axes, five-pointed stars or Jiahe gears. The fourth type is to arrange the five-pointed star pattern on the red flag, or add one or two yellow bars.

National Flag Design Draft

On September 21, 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened in Huairen Hall, Zhongnanhai, Peiping. The shortlisted works that passed the review were submitted to all participants for the final selection.

Now we all know that The national flag of the People's Republic of China is the five-star red flag. However, when it was selected, it was not the most popular one, but the one called the "Starry Banner".

Xinghe Flag Draft

In this flag, the stars represent the party, and this yellow bar that runs across the flag represents the mother river of the land of China - Yellow River . At that time, even Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Guo Moruo designed similar patterns. Since the "Starry Banner" has become a hot topic, why did it lose the election in the end?

Amidst the consent of the "Starry Flag", one person put forward different opinions. He is Zhang Zhizhong, known as the "General of Peace". He believed that national unity was the general trend at that time. However, a yellow bar on the "Starry Flag" divided the flag into two. In the situation where the South had not yet been fully liberated, it seemed particularly sensitive. The opinions on

日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日本日After several considerations, the "Xinghe Banner" was abandoned. At this time, it was September 23, and there were only 7 days before the founding ceremony, and the national flag plan was still difficult to decide. Time waited for no one, and Peng Guanghan, secretary of the Sixth Group, rushed to Premier Zhou's office in a hurry. He took out a national flag design drawing re-selected by the sixth group and handed it to Premier Zhou's desk.

"Red Earth Five-Star Flag" original manuscript

This is the "Red Earth Five-Star Flag" designed by Zeng Liansong, and it is also one of the last 38 pictures selected. This design is very similar to the current five-star red flag, but it is slightly different. In order to enhance the recognition of the national flag, after discussion, everyone decided to remove the sickle and axe pattern among the big five stars. The new drawings made Premier Zhou’s eyes lit up, and he kept saying, “Okay, okay! Make me a flag, make the largest flag, and use the best materials!”

Five-star red flag finalization

National Flag Designer Zeng Liansong

September 27, the first plenary session of the CPPCC voted on the final national flag plan. At the meeting, a five-star red flag that was made overnight was placed on the rostrum. This five-star red flag was unanimously approved by the representatives. The five-star red flag eventually became the national flag of New China.

Through the national flag pattern (from left: Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Mao Zedong, Soong Ching Ling)

On October 1, 1949, the first five-star red flag of New China finally rose in the blue sky of the motherland. At this moment, the applause was thunderous and the song was filled with joy. As the first national flag raised at the founding ceremony, this giant five-star red flag is made of spliced ​​and sewn with five red silk and one yellow silk. It is 460 cm long and 338 cm wide.

Flag-raising ceremony

Now, this red flag has been rated as a first-class cultural relic and is treasured in the National Museum of China.Although it has gone through the years of ups and downs, it still remains shiny. For more exciting content, please follow the headline account of "Hubei Satellite TV Reveal"!

National Flag collected in the National Museum of China