1949 10 year 10 month 1 day, the inaugural meeting of the Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) was held in Beijing. At 3 pm, Lin, Secretary-General of the Central People's Government, declared the conference open.
At this time, Mao Zedong on the Tiananmen Gate walked slowly and solemnly declared to the world: "The people of China and the Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) were established today!" At that moment, cheers resounded through the whole square and joy filled the whole sky. As Mao Zedong pressed the button, the first five-star red flag of New China rose high in the passionate melody of March of the Volunteers.
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The representative significance of the five-star red flag pattern;
1949 At the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference held on September 27th, the designed five-star red flag was officially adopted as the national flag of the people of China.
The five-star red flag represents the great unity of the revolutionary people, and red symbolizes the revolution. The upper left of the flag is decorated with five yellow five-pointed stars, which symbolize the great unity of the revolution under the leadership of the * * * production party, and the stars use yellow to symbolize the light on the red earth.
One star is bigger and four stars are smaller. The circular arch on the right side of the big star expresses the wishes of hundreds of millions of people to the great China * * * production party, as if all the stars were in the north.
People's Daily Online-The first five-star red flag of New China rose like this.