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| The Snow Lion Flag | |
| Use | Civil and state flag, national ensign   |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 5:8 |
| Adopted | 1916 |
| Design | Two snow lions beneath a flaming blue, white and orange jewel and holding a blue and orange taijitu on a white mountain with a gold sun rising over it, all over 12 red and blue alternating rays with a gold border around the upper, lower, and hoist side of the flag. (Use by the Tibet (1912-1951) |
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| Use |  |
| Proportion | 5:8 |
| Design | A modernized version of the 1916 design, based on the 1947 circular emblem (Used by the Central Tibetan Administration). |
The flag of Tibet (Standard Tibetan: བོད་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་དར།, lit. 'Tibetan national flag'), also known as the "Snow Lion flag" (gangs seng dar cha), depicts a white snow-covered mountain, a yellow sun with red and blue rays emanating from it, two Tibetan snow lions, a multi-coloured jewel representing Buddhist values, a taijitu and a yellow border around three of its four sides. The flag was used as the national flag of the independent country of Tibet from 1916 until 1951, when Tibet was annexed by the People's Republic of China.[1] It was adopted by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1916[2] and used in Tibet until the Tibetan uprising of 1959, after which the flag was outlawed in the People's Republic of China.[3] While the Tibetan flag is illegal in Tibet today as it is governed by the PRC as the Tibet Autonomous Region,[4] it continues to be used by the Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamshala in India,[5] and by pro-Tibet groups all over the world to show support for human rights in Tibet and Tibetan independence.[6][7]
- ^ Goldstein, Melvyn C. (2009). A History of Modern Tibet: The Calm Before the Storm: 1951–1955. Vol. 2. University of California Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-520-25995-9.
- ^ Dundul Namgyal Tsarong (10 October 2000). In the Service of His Country: The Biography Of Dasang Damdul Tsarong Commander General Of Tibet. Shambhala. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-55939-981-4.
- ^ Melvyn C. Goldstein, Dawei Sherap, and William R. Siebenschuh, A Tibetan revolutionary : the political life and times of Bapa Phuntso Wangye, University of California Press, 2004, pp. 174–175, 194–195
- ^ Freedom House. "Freedom in the World 2020: Tibet". Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Administration, Central Tibetan. "The Tibetan National Flag". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "The Tibetan flag". Free Tibet. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Haas, Benjamin; correspondent, Benjamin Haas China (26 November 2017). "China under-20 football tour suspended after pro-Tibet protests". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 March 2024.