List of Taiwanese flags

Taiwan has been controlled by various governments and has been associated with various flags throughout its history. Since 1945, the Republic of China (ROC) rules the island and which became the major territorial base of the ROC since 1949, thus the flag most commonly associated with it which has been the Flag of the Republic of China.

The first national flag of Taiwan was first used in 1663 during the Kingdom of Tungning, which had a plain white flag with the character 「鄭」 (zhèng) on the red bordered circle. The flag of the Qing dynasty was also used from 1862 until 1895, when the Republic of Formosa was declared. The Formosan flag had a tiger on a plain blue field with azure clouds below it.

During Japanese rule of Taiwan, the flag of Japan was flown in the island from 1895 to 1945.

Following the transfer of the control of Taiwan from Japan to China in 1945, the national flag was specified in Article Six of the 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China. After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the government of Chiang Kai-shek relocated the Republic of China (ROC) to the island of Taiwan.

Duration	Use	Description
1544-1578	Flag of Portuguese Formosa	Used by the Portuguese when they discovered the island.
1578-1624	Flag of Portuguese Formosa	Same as the Flag of Portugal
1624–1662	Flag of Dutch Formosa	Same as the Flag of the Netherlands
1626–1642	Flag of Spanish Formosa	Same as the Flag of the Spanish Empire
1661–1683	Flag of the Kingdom of Tungning	The Han character "鄭" in a red circle outline on a plain white field.
1890–1895	Flag of the Qing Dynasty	Azure Dragon on a plain yellow field with the red sun of the three-legged crow in the upper left corner.
1895	Flag of the Republic of Formosa	Tiger on a plain blue field with azure clouds below it.
1895–1945	Flag of Japan for use in Taiwan	White field with red disc in the centre.

Duration	Use	Description
1626–1642	Royal Flag of the House of Habsburg in Spain. (Inescutcheon of Portugal in the Royal arms)
1863–1895	Standard of the Qing Emperor	Azure Dragon on a plain right triangle yellow field with the red sun of the three-legged crow in the upper left corner.
1895-1945	Imperial Standard of the Japanese Empire	Red field with the golden 16-petal chrysantemum in the centre.

Duration	Use	Description
2009–Present	Kaohsiung City 高雄市	Stylized "高". Colors symbolizing sunshine, vitality, environmental protection, & ocean.^[1]
2009–Present	New Taipei City 新北市	Highly stylized "北" in the form of four hearts arranged to resemble a four-leaf clover.^[2]
2008–Present	Taichung City
2009–Present	Tainan City
2009–Present	Taipei City
2014–Present	Taoyuan City

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
		Chiayi City
		Keelung City

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
		Changhua County
		Chiayi County
		Hsinchu County
		Hualien County
		Kinmen County
		Lienchiang County
		Miaoli County
		Nantou County
		Penghu County
		Pingtung County
		Taitung County
		Yilan County
		Yunlin County

List of Taiwanese flags

Current flag

Historical flags

Royal flags

Political divisions

Provinces

Special municipalities

Provincial cities

Counties

Military flags

Other state flags

Political party flags

Chinese Taipei sports flags

Other historical flags

Ethnic groups flags

Indigenous

See also

References

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Duration	Use	Description
1895–	Kuomintang flag (shared as the Naval Jack of the nation)	The "Blue Sky with a White Sun", 12 rays of the sun represent progressive ideals.
1952–	China Youth Corps flag
1986–	Democratic Progressive Party flag
2000–	People First Party flag
2015–2019	Minkuotang flag

Duration	Use	Description
2018–present	Flag of Tao people	A white flag with the traditional "boat's eye" symbol and traditional triangular ornaments on the top and bottom.^[3]
2017–present	Flag of Rukai people	The "Lily Flag" composed of three colors: red, yellow and green, representing hope, love and peace. The lilies and eagle feathers represent the purity and fairness of the Rukai tribe, was designed by Jin Shaohua.^[4]
2017–present	Flag of Taiwanese indigenous peoples in Taichung
2016–present	"National flag" of Amis people in the Amis Music Festival.^[5]^[6]
?–present	Flag of Amis people in Taidong (Falangaw tribe^zh)
1984–1998	Flag of Taiwan Association for the Promotion of Aboriginal Rights^zh