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"Five-colored flag" ( Chinese: 五色旗 pinyin: Wǔsèqí)įive horizontal bands of red, yellow, blue, white and black.

Its central tenet was the harmonious existence under one nation of what were considered the five major ethnic groups in China: the Han, the Manchu, the Mongols, the Hui (including the Uyghurs), and the Tibetans.

Underneath the three flags is the message: "Long live the union" ( 共和萬歲).įive ethnic groups living together in mutual harmony (the res publica)įive Races Under One Union was one of the major principles upon which the Republic of China was founded in 1911 at the time of the Xinhai Revolution. The center flag is the Five-Colored Flag of the Republic of China.