The Tibetan flag, also known as the "snow-lion" flag, is the Tibetan national flag, adopted by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1916. Prohibited by the Chinese government since 1959, today the flag is used by the Tibetan Government in Exile, based in Dharamshala, India.
Video Flag of Tibet
Initial design and use
In February 1913, shortly after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the 13th Dalai Lama, the political and spiritual leader of Tibet, declared independence from China and began to modernize the Tibetan army. In 1916, a new national flag was adopted by the Dalai Lama and all army regiments were ordered to carry the flag in its present form.
In addition to being carried by Tibetan troops, the flag was displayed in the public buildings of the Ganden Phodrang government. The historical record shows flag flying at the foot of Potala Palace, the site of the Dalai Lama's government in Tibet. The snow lion motif was also used on the flag seen by British diplomat Sir Eric Teichman, flying over a Tibetan government building during the Sino-Tibetan War of 1917-1918: "Above the residence of Old Kalon... floats Tibetan banners, yellow flags carrying a device like a green lion, with white snow mountain and sun and moon in the corner. "
Outside Tibet, the flag was featured in publications by foreign governments, academic journals, and in significant political and cultural works until 1959. Born in 1912, Air-Mouse year, Gyalten Namgyal was the 13th and 14th Dalai Lama's tailor. He said, "When I was fourteen, the Dalai Lama decided he wanted a Tibetan national flag created, and designed it himself." When a prototype is approved and the first flag is assigned, I am the one who does the work. " His first official international appearance was in a book published by the German Defense Ministry's Naval Command, Flaggenbuch, in 1926. It was then featured in the official publication of the British Crown in 1930, "Drawing The Flags of All Nations. " It was also featured in National Geographic Magazine in their 1934" Flag of the World "edition. The title reads, "Tibet - With a towering mountain of snow, before the two lions stand fighting for the glowing gems, the Tibetan flag is one of the most distinctive of the East." Beginning in 1928, the flag image was also widely publicized by companies in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, and Oceania in the national flag collection on various forms of trading cards.
The first appearance of the flag at the international meeting was in March/April 1947 at the Asia Relations Conference in New Delhi. The Indian Council of World Affairs, an Indian think tank founded in 1943, has invited Tibetan delegates to the conference hosting the Asian countries and anti-colonial movements Leaders from each of the thirty-two delegates sitting on a stage behind a plate with the name and flag of their country. One of the tibetologists, A. Tom Grunfeld, confirmed that the flag was removed after representatives from the Chinese Republic protested the conference organizers. A Tibetan delegate who attended the conference claimed that this was not the case and the only photo available from the conference showed a flag displayed along with the flags of other participating countries.
Flags continued to be used in the 1950s under the newly established People's Republic of China, although the status of the flag was unclear. Many in the Chinese Communist Party felt that the use of flags showed separatism, but the Tibetan local government at the time insisted that the flag was an army flag (Tibetan troops continued to exist parallel to the infantry of the People's Liberation Army) and not a national flag. Phuntso Wangye claimed that Mao Zedong discussed the flag in 1955 with a conversation with the 14th Dalai Lama. According to the story, Mao told the Dalai Lama that Zhang Jingwu, Zhang Guohua, and Fan Ming told him that Tibet had a "national flag". The Dalai Lama replies that Tibet has an army flag. Mao should have replied that "you can defend your national flag". There is no official recognition of this conversation in Chinese documents. Gresham Carr's 1956 edition of Gresham Carr states: "There is little about the Tibetan flag, which almost defies description" on page 213 and opposite page 229, the flag image says, "Tibet: National Flag"
Even when it is used by soldiers, only a few Tibetans in Tibet know about the 'snow-lion' flag, and so when they want to protest against the government, they will use flags that mimic the Chushi Gangdruk flag instead.
Maps Flag of Tibet
Pro-independence Symbol
After the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, the 14th Dalai Lama left his post as Tibetan governor, denounced the 17-point agreement with the PRC, and established the Middle Tibetan Government in exile in India. As part of his project to instill pan-Tibetan nationalism (of all Tibetans and not just those in his former territory in the Tibet Autonomous Region), he standardized and adopted symbols as nationalist symbols, such as the Lhasa dialect of Tibet, a Tibetan national anthem, and flags. According to the Central Tibetan Administration website, flag symbolism includes a mountain representing Tibet, a snow lion "an integrated spiritual and secular life", a Buddhist three-colored gem, the Dharma and Sangha. This flag is known as Snow Lion Flag because of the presence of two snow lions. Flag was adopted as a symbol of the Tibetan independence movement, and has been known as the "Free Tibetan Flag". Through the use of flags by protesters and international protesters, it is known and used as a protest by the Tibetan people. Flags are prohibited in mainland China.
Controversy
Tibetan Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay was photographed with a Tibetan flag in Ladakh, India, and the Chinese Communist government made the statement. "Chinese media have criticized the move reported by the exiled Tibetan government to unfurl a flag that represents the idea of ​​a 'Tibetan national flag' on the shores of Lake Bangong, known as Pangong Lake in India, in Ladakh. The Global Times of China quoted that "New Delhi has publicly pledged not to allow anti-Chinese political activity by exiled Tibetans in Indian territory, but has long been using Tibet's question as a diplomatic card in dealing with Beijing."
See also
- Tibetan Emblem
- Tibetan Army
- Snow Lion
- Chinese guard lion
- Flag of East Turkestan
- the Tibetan flag case
References
External links
- Tibetan Flag in the World Flag
- Tibetan flag page
- The Tibetan government on the Exile's web page for what they call the "Tibetan National Flag"
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