The yellow color symbolizes that Chinese people are yellow.
The big star symbolizes the Chinese ****production party.
The small stars symbolize the whole country, each with a corner pointing to the big star, symbolizing that the whole country is united around the Party.
The designer of the five-star red flag is an obscure, longtime comrade in planning and finance. His name is Zeng Liansong, once the deputy manager of the Shanghai Municipal General Merchandise Company and a member of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the second session of the fifth session.
After the liberation of the country. The people were immersed in the joy of victory. For days on end, people beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, took to the streets in procession, twisting rice-planting songs, celebrating the victory, celebrating the liberation! This moving scene, again and again stirred the waves of Zeng Liansong's heart. Soon, the People's Daily, Xinhua Daily, Jiefang Daily published a notice seeking national flag patterns. Zeng Liansong read over and over again, seriously thinking: under the leadership of the Chinese ****production party, the people are in charge of the new China is about to be born; "the city head changes the king's flag" of the era is gone, China's history is about to turn over a new page. The national flag, the people *** and the national flag of the country, should be the symbol of the great motherland, the children of China's trust, the pride of the yellow children! He decided to devote himself to this design work of great significance.
One moonlit night, Zeng Liansong looked up at the twinkling stars of space, fell into deep thought. Suddenly, he was inspired by what people often say, "I look forward to the stars, I look forward to the moon": China's ****production party - is not it the great savior of the Chinese people!
So he decided to use the five-pointed star to symbolize the great China ****production party. He envisioned: a large star to guide the front, several small stars around the back, like the stars arching the North Star, the big five-pointed star symbolizes the great Chinese ****anufacturing party, the small star symbolizes the vast number of people. The people are tightly surrounded by the Party, united in battle, from victory to victory. He also designed the five-pointed star for the yellow, which not only with the symbol of the revolution in harmony with the red, like a red haze, golden, color simple and solemn, and also expresses the yellow race of Chinese people's national identity.
Surrounding the big star after the small star, should be a few? Zeng Liansong thought of our great motherland has more than 3,000 years of splendid culture, but also associated with Chairman Mao in the book "on the people's democratic dictatorship" pointed out that the people at that time, including four classes: the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie, it was decided to four small star symbolizes the vast number of people.
Next, Zeng Liansong went through repeated refinements and painstaking conceptualization to determine the proper placement of the five gold stars. He had envisioned placing the large star in the center of the flag, with the small stars surrounding the large star. In this way, the view is dignified, but the world is not wide enough, the visual constriction, stagnation. After sketching over and over again, he survived many sleepless nights. Nearly a month has passed, once, he moved the five stars to the upper left of the flag, suddenly feel the vision is wide: the flag is like a thousand miles wide, Venus is high, shining, as if to make people see the starlight reflecting the earth, brilliant.
The combination of the five gold stars, the size of the graphic, sparse and dense, forming an ellipse, which is similar to the geometric shape of our country's boundaries, not only expresses the geographic characteristics of China, but also appears to be smooth and harmonious, bright and imposing.
In order to make the whole pattern more prominent that the people of the country are closely united around the great Chinese ****producing party, Zeng Liansong designed the center point of each small star to link up with the center point of the big star through one of its own star tips, so as to show the historical conclusion that the Chinese ****producing party is the leading nucleus of the whole Chinese people on the flag.
The color is dominated by red, which looks like a red haze filling the sky. The red color expresses warm feelings symbolizing the revolution; with yellow, it is brilliant and bright.
In mid-August 1949, Zeng Liansong sent the draft of the designed five-star red flag pattern to the Preparatory Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
On September 27, the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) adopted a resolution on the capital of the People's Republic of China, the epoch, the national anthem, and the national flag. Zeng Liansong held in his hand the Shanghai Liberation Daily, which published the resolution on the national flag adopted by the First Plenary Session of the CPPCC, his heart fluttered and his eyes filled with tears.
This day's Jiefang Daily carried the officially adopted five-star red flag in red.
Zeng Liansong's wish was realized! This is also the expectation of the people of the whole country how many benevolent people, how many ****producers, in order to fight for the liberation of the nation, the survival of the masses and freedom to contribute their precious lives, the five-starred red flag is colored red with their blood, is weaved with their glorious achievements.
Responders: handsome old carpenter - lifter five 2-9 21:32
The Chinese people **** and the national flag - five-starred red flag designer, is silent, long-term planning, financial work Zeng Liansong. Zeng Liansong is originally from Rui'an, Zhejiang Province, when he was a teenager had a passion for painting and calligraphy, writing a good hand. He repeatedly read the notice soliciting the national flag pattern, from the people often say, "looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon" in the inspiration, decided to a large five-pointed star to symbolize the China **** Producers Party, a few small stars to symbolize the vast majority of the people around it, like the stars arching the Big Dipper, which means that the people tightly around the China ****, unity in the fight, from victory to victory. Zeng Liansong also designed the five-pointed star in yellow to harmonize with the red color that symbolizes the revolution, and at the same time expresses the national identity of the Chinese people as a yellow race.
As for how many small stars should surround the big one, Zeng Liansong decided on four, recalling that Mao Zedong pointed out in his book On People's Democratic Dictatorship that the people at that time consisted of four classes, namely, the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie. Then, after nearly a month of repeated refinement, Zeng Liansong finally moved the five stars to the upper left side of the flag, so that the entire flag looks as if it is a thousand miles wide, and the Venus is at the top, as if the starlight shines on the earth. The combination of the five gold stars, the size of the graphic, sparse and dense, forming an oval, which is also similar to the geometry of the Chinese territory.
Zeng Liansong also designed the center point of each small star through its own a star tip, and the center point of the big star into a line, the conclusion that the Chinese **** production party is the leading nucleus of the Chinese people displayed on the flag.
The meaning of the five-star red flag is as follows: the red color of the flag symbolizes the revolution; the five five-pointed stars on the flag and their relationship with each other symbolize the unity of the revolutionary people under the leadership of the Chinese ****productivity party; the stars are in yellow in order to show the brightness of the red background, and the yellow color is brighter and more beautiful than the white color; each of the four small five-pointed stars has a point facing the center of the big star, which means that they are united around a single center, and they are also in the form of compactness and beauty. The flag is rectangular in shape, with a length to width ratio of 3:2, five stars in the upper left quarter of the flag, and a white flagpole sleeve.
The history of the five-star red flag
July 14, 1949 to August 15, the Chinese people **** and the eve of the founding of the country, the People's Daily, Liberation Daily, Xinhua Daily and other major domestic newspapers and magazines published the Preparatory Committee for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference called for the national flag pattern of the invitation. A month later, the Preparatory Committee *** collected from all over the country, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas regions to send 3012 patterns.
After the meeting in September, the review and approval of the *** there are 38, and finally finalized 8 (?) flag patterns as alternative flag. flag patterns as alternative flags. The most popular at the time was the draft one design. The design was made with a red background with a yellow star and a yellow stripe representing the Yellow River. The red background and the yellow star were the basic elements required to solicit a new flag design, with the yellow star representing the ****anese Communist Party or the Chinese people.
But some people thought that the Yellow River was not the only major river in China, so two other drafts were produced, draft two was the second yellow stripe representing the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and draft three was the third yellow stripe representing the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Pearl River. However, Zhang Zhizhong told Mao Zedong that the yellow stripes divided the red land, just as the country was divided, and another work should be chosen. The five-star red flag was chosen next.
The five-star red flag was designed by Zeng Liansong, a Shanghai citizen, and the original drawing was as in draft 4, which was conceived to show the unity of China's four main social classes - the working class, the peasantry, the petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie - under the leadership of China's ****-producing party; and, on the other hand, it also metaphorically implied that with the Han Chinese as the center, the other four races of Manchurians, Mongols, Muslims, Tibetans, and so on were united within China. However, as the five stars were arranged from top to bottom, which seemed to imply class status, the design was changed to encircle the big star, and the symbol of the sickle and hammer was added to the big star. Later, Mao Zedong removed the sickle and hammer symbol because, firstly, since China **** positioned itself as a people's democratic regime rather than a socialist country, it was inappropriate to put in symbols representing socialism; and secondly, considering that the four small stars had already been used to represent the equality of workers, peasants, soldiers and merchants, it seemed to be unequal to add symbols of workers and peasants. The flag was thus finalized.
At the first plenary session of the CPPCC, the five-star red flag was unanimously approved by Chairman Mao Zedong, Premier Zhou Enlai and the delegates at the meeting, and became the official national flag of the People's Republic of China.
On October 1, 1949, the government of the People's Republic of China was established, and the first five-star red flag was hoisted in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, marking the five-star red flag as the new national flag of China.
The five-star red flag, as the symbol of China, has been tightly linked to our sovereignty and dignity. Going to Beijing's Tiananmen Square to watch the flag being raised has become a unique sight in the square every morning. Especially on the National Day every year, Tiananmen Square, inside and outside the countless pious and hot eyes, straight to that with the sunrise slowly rising flag.
On the eve of this year's National Day, the reporter searched for some special "flag people". Because of some kind of chance or personal obsession, their careers and lives have been inextricably linked with our flag. In the process of their telling that one vivid story, we can feel that there is a kind of power called the spirit of the flag, which is flowing out from their hearts, and injected into our hearts with warmth. In fact, the National Day to see the flag hoisting, is not precisely to find this power?
Wu Mang, 20 years old, has an important task today: to raise the five-star red flag in Tiananmen Square for the 55th anniversary of the National Day of the Chinese People*** and State.
Despite his age, Wu Mang has been serving in the Tiananmen Flag Guard flag class for four years, and is currently the "oldest" flag hoister in the class. He stood upright, a steady pace, movement is dashing and powerful, is in the National Day such a major holiday in the flag-raising task of the best candidates.
But getting to the "best" day was no easy task.
Wu Mang said that when he was first enlisted in the army, the Tiananmen Flag Guard went to the recruiting company to pick people, and the conditions were quite strict, with a brigade picking only four people. When Wu Mang is still immersed in the joy of selection, the grueling special training on the face of the pressure. Standing posture is the first lesson of the basic skills, one stop is four or five hours, the nerve of the soles of the feet for a long time by the pressure, stood him often dizziness.
The flag collection action that must be completed in one fell swoop is jokingly referred to as "chopping the flagpole" because this action requires the right hand to continuously and quickly forcefully "chop" to the flagpole to ensure that the flag will not be scraped away in windy weather, and in 13 to 15 The flag is fully retracted in 13 to 15 "chopping" motions. "We can't let everyone watch us move silently," Wu Mang said with an honest smile, "so when we 'chop' we also have to 'chop' sound, from slow to slow. ' sound, from slow to fast, very rhythmic, so as to give the people a boost."
When first practicing, Wu Mang and his comrades in the flag class hands on the flagpole "cut" out of the bruises, fingertips are also worn on the flag surface, wounds are often a layer is not good and then hurt a layer. "We were training with the flag, that really are all blood dyed." Wu Mang said with a smile.
The most exciting moment in flag-raising is the moment when the flag-raiser spreads the flag diagonally upwards. This action seems simple, but to do a strong stretch, the flag spread, is also a "kung fu work". To grasp the rhythm of the music, make the right direction of force, in addition, the most important thing is to have a strong arm. In order to practice the spreading of the flag, Wu Mang and the flag class comrades often use ten pounds twenty pounds of dumbbells continuous swing training, a swing is a whole half a day. When they first started practicing, their hands shook so much that they couldn't hold their chopsticks when it was time to eat because of the training.
After all these difficulties are overcome, there is still the psychological quality of this level. With so many pairs of eyes staring at the square, it's not unusual for flag-raisers to be calm. After years of refinement, all of this is now easy for Wu Mang.
Wu Mang said, ascending the flag these years, he watched to see the number of flag-raising a year more than a year, and come to wait for more and more time earlier and earlier, and even some people stay up all night waiting to see the flag-raising. Every time he spread the flag of the moment, can glimpse a flash light up, the heart will surge a burst of pride and moved.
"Every time the flag is raised, no matter how many people in the square, immediately quiet down. Once, a group of kindergarten children came to see the flag-raising. When the national anthem was played, the children who were still fooling around were all silent at once, which was very cute. Sometimes, people would spontaneously applaud the moment the flag was raised to the top, which was a particularly touching scene." Wu Mang said that when he saw people love to watch flag-raising more and more and love the national flag more and more, he felt that the pain he suffered during training was nothing. That was his happiest moment.
Peng Guanghan: The five-star red flag was once "brought back from the dead"
This year, the gray-haired Peng Guanghan is 86 years old. On the eve of the founding of new China, the sixth group of the Preparatory Committee for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was responsible for studying and drafting the national flag, national emblem, national anthem, chronicle and capital, etc. Peng Guanghan was the secretary of the sixth group at that time. He remembers that the public call for national flag designs had an extremely strong response, and in just a few days, 2,992 flag designs were received from all over the country.
After two rounds of screening, 38 sets of flag designs were shortlisted, with Zeng Liansong's "Five-Star Flag on Red Ground" design coming in at No. 32. However, in the original design, the largest star with a sickle, axe pattern. At that time, some people thought that this was too similar to the flag of the Soviet Union at that time, and as a sovereign country, our flag design must be independent. So such patterns were rejected.
So people asked Peng Guanghan to report to Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao looked at a few proposals were not very satisfied, so he asked Peng Guanghan: you have been working on this thing, to see if there is any good program? Peng Guanghan then said the program "red ground five-star flag".
Chairman Mao considered, or that the "red five-star flag" design is good, and proposed that the meaning of the representative can be changed to "*** under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of our country's great unity". This approach was favored by the delegates. In the end, the "five-star flag on red ground" with the sickle and axe removed was selected and became the national flag of the People's Republic of China after it was renamed the "five-star red flag".
Hu Qijun: Electricians have been raising the national flag at Tiananmen Square for 26 years
For more than two decades since the founding of the nation, Tiananmen Square has not had a "professional flag-raiser". The task of raising and lowering the national flag has been the responsibility of the Beijing Power Supply Bureau. The first two years, the power supply bureau workers Chen Hongnian took on this work; since 1951 after 26 years, responsible for the Tiananmen Square to raise and lower the national flag, is the young electrician Hu Qijun.
On the night of September 30, 1951, Hu Qijun suddenly received a notice that he would be responsible for raising the flag from the next day onwards, which made Hu Qijun, who was only 21 years old at the time, very excited. When he got off the night shift that night, it was already more than 3 o'clock, so he simply didn't go home and slept at the Tiananmen Square management office.
Hu Qijun said the flag was raised without the accompaniment of the national anthem, and there was no one to watch, and the flag was not raised every day, but only on holidays and when important foreign heads of state visited, he would be notified to raise the flag.
He always went to Tiananmen Square the day before to collect the flag, and the next day he tied it to his bicycle and rode half an hour from home to Tiananmen Square,
After hoisting the flag, he went back to work as usual. In those days, he estimated the time to raise and lower the flag, unlike today, when the observatory calculates the time precisely to keep the flag and the sun rising and setting at the same time.
Until May 1976, the Beijing garrison troops took over the task of raising and lowering the national flag in Tiananmen Square, making Hu the longest-standing flag-raiser in the city.
Ji Ruxun: the National Museum of China collection of national flags have stories
Ji Ruxun is a research librarian at the National Museum of China, researchers of the history of the flag. In his and his colleagues custody and research of cultural relics, there are nearly a hundred national flag with special historical value. For example, the first five-star red flag of *** and the country, which was hoisted by Chairman Mao himself at the Founding Ceremony, the first five-star red flag of Macau, which was hoisted by the principal of Macau's Haojiang Middle School, Mr. Tou Lan, on Oct. 1, 1949, the first five-star red flag that was brought into space by Chinese-American Wang Ganjun, the first five-star red flag that was hoisted in Antarctica, and so on. The flag, which was assembled by teachers and students of Tibet Middle School with 1999 red scarves, is the largest in the collection.
Ji Ruxun exclaimed that every flag in their collection has a touching story, reflecting the imprint of the times. Though some of the flags are tattered, their experiences may be even more extraordinary. For example, the first five-star red flag raised in Antarctica in the National Museum's collection measures 122 centimeters longitudinally and 145 centimeters horizontally, 47 centimeters less than the standard size. It turns out that even though the flag was sewn from sturdy linen, it was "eaten" 47 centimeters by the ferocious winds.
Han Buxin: Why the flag is so red
Han Buxin, a researcher at the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was one of the drafters of the standards for the flag's colors and the device used to hoist it. He and his colleagues once conducted a very interesting study: what kind of red is national flag red?
Han Buxin said that a "description of the flag system" was issued at the time of the founding of New China, which generally stipulated that "the five-star red flag has a red face, a yellow five-pointed star, and a white flagpole sleeve. Because there is no detailed standardization, the colors of the flag vary greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer and even from batch to batch. For the colors of the flag to develop a unified and detailed standards is a very necessary thing.
The experts first investigated the use of the flag in various places, and found that the red color of the flags sampled varied so much, from orange to purple-red. They then spectrophotometrically measured each of these samples, from which they selected more than 30 candidate colors. Next, the experts began a large-scale survey of public opinion, in order to more accurately understand all walks of life for the flag's color preferences, but also specifically to find people from various ethnic minorities to participate in this work. After these screening results were counted, the experts came up with the best red fabrics of cotton, polyester and silk, as the background and then the evaluation of the five-pointed star yellow choice. After screening, the experts finally came up with the optimal chromaticity values of red and yellow of the three fabrics as the preferred standard chromaticity of the flag, and based on these data, a mandatory national standard for the colors of the flag was formulated with legal authority.
Li Yukun: Ordinary NPC deputies petitioned to formulate a national flag law
Fourteen years ago, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the National Flag of the People's Republic of China was promulgated and put into effect. Behind this legislation on the national flag, a deputy to the National People's Congress named Li Yukun is credited.
In 1988, Li Yukun to the United States to study, coinciding with the United States National Day, he saw no matter the streets and alleys, big stores and small, everywhere hanging the American flag. And when he returned to his hometown, found in our National Day, such a grand holiday but the whole street can not see a Chinese people **** and the national flag.
October 6, 1988, y moved Li Yukun sent a letter to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, suggesting that as soon as possible to formulate specific ways to fly the national flag, to strengthen patriotism education, to arouse the people's concept of the country.
Two months later, Li Yukun received a letter of reply, which is also attached to the relevant departments of the State Council to the leadership of the development of the flag law report, which reads: "Li Yukun on behalf of the proposal is very important, our country so far there is no legal basis for flying the flag, the development of this area of the regulations can not be delayed. Suggested by the State Council Legislative Affairs Bureau in conjunction with the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to draft a law or method of flying the national flag". Shortly thereafter, the Draft National Flag Law was put on the agenda. on June 28, 1990, Yang Shangkun, President of the People's Republic of China, issued Decree No. 28, formally promulgating the Chinese People's Republic of China's National Flag Law, which was put into effect on Oct. 1 of the same year.
Zhao Xinfeng: National Flag Banner veteran retired from the flag
Since the spring of 1989 to join the army to Tiananmen National Flag Banner, Zhao Xinfeng's destiny and this bright red flag has formed an unbreakable bond, and even after he retired from military service, have not left the flag.
April 15, 1991, and the motherland with 41 spring and autumn of the old flagpole glorious "retirement", Zhao Xinfeng and two comrades for it to complete the last lowering of the flag; April 16, 1991, Tiananmen's new flagpole was opened, Zhao Xinfeng and hand-pressed the electric button for it to raise the first red star red flag. On May 1, 1991, "Tiananmen Flag Squad" expanded to "Tiananmen Flag Guard", from the original 3 people to lift the flag ceremony, into a 36 people to lift the flag ceremony, more powerful, more spectacular. Zhao Xinfeng, also became the Tiananmen National Flag Guard flag class of the first squad leader.
In 2001, after retiring from military service, Zhao Xinfeng founded the Beijing Xinfeng Flag Culture Communication Center, which became the first domestic institution specializing in flag education and flag culture communication. He also founded the China National Flag Network and is preparing to create the China National Flag Foundation and the China National Flag Museum. Zhao Xinfeng said: "Promoting the spirit of the national flag will become my lifelong endeavor.
Respondent: huangyuan - Assistant Grade 2 5-11 20:37
At the first plenary meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the New Political Consultative Conference held on June 15, 1949, it was decided to set up six groups under the Standing Committee, and among them, the sixth group, headed by Ma Shulun and with Ye Jianying and Shen Yanbing as vice-chairmen, was responsible for the elaboration of a program on the national flag and the national anthem. From July 14 to August 15, 1949, newspapers such as People's Daily, Jiefang Daily and Xinhua Daily simultaneously published notices of the Preparatory Committee for the New CPPCC soliciting designs for the national flag. In a month's time, people from all directions contributed enthusiastically, and the National Flag Review Group received an average of one hundred designs a day, including twenty-three sent from Indonesia, Malaya, Korea, and the United States and Canada. The Flag Review Panel selected 38 of the nearly 3,000 flag designs and compiled them into a "Flag Design Reference Material", which was issued to every delegate. The national flag design should meet three conditions, namely, first, it should have Chinese characteristics; second, it should contain Chinese geography, history, ethnicity, culture and other factors; third, it should have the characteristics of the political regime, and it should embody the united front under the leadership of the China*** Producers' Party, and the design of the national flag should be solemn, simple and easy to read at a glance. Among the submissions, there were four main cases in which the design conception met the three conditions: firstly, the vertical striped flag with sickle, hammer, five-pointed star or cogwheel on the upper left; secondly, sickle and hammer crossed with five-pointed star; thirdly, cogwheel with five-pointed star; and fourthly, the flag with red or two-thirds red color, plus yellow five-pointed star. After repeated discussions, Shanghai Zeng Liansong's design of the five-starred red flag was unanimously adopted by the Preparatory Committee as the national flag pattern. According to Zeng Liansong's conception, one big star symbolized the Chinese ****productivity party leading the revolution and national construction, and four small stars symbolized the people at large, including the four stages at that time: workers, peasants, urban petty bourgeoisie and national bourgeoisie. He designed the five-pointed star in yellow, not only to harmonize with the color of the red flag symbolizing the revolution, but also to express the national characteristics of the yellow race of the Chinese people. Commenting on the meaning of the five-starred red flag, Mao Zedong pointed out that the design expressed the great unity of the Chinese people. We need great unity now, and we need great unity in the future. Therefore, now or in the future, it is again unity and revolution.
Respondent: suiyueanli - Lifter Level 5 5-11 20:43
At the first plenary meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the New Political Consultative Conference held on June 15, 1949, it was decided to set up six groups under the Standing Committee, and among them, the sixth group, headed by Ma Shulun, with Ye Jianying and Shen Yanbing as vice-chairmen, was responsible for the elaboration of a program on the national flag and anthem. The sixth group, headed by Ma Shulun and vice-chaired by Ye Jianying and Shen Yanbing, was responsible for formulating programs on the national flag and anthem. From July 14 to August 15, 1949, newspapers such as People's Daily, Jiefang Daily and Xinhua Daily simultaneously published the notice of the Preparatory Committee for the New CPPCC soliciting national flag designs. In a month's time, people from all directions contributed enthusiastically, and the National Flag Review Group received an average of one hundred designs a day, including twenty-three sent from Indonesia, Malaya, Korea, and the United States and Canada. The Flag Review Panel selected 38 of the nearly 3,000 flag designs and compiled them into a "Flag Design Reference Material", which was issued to every delegate. The national flag design should meet three conditions, namely, first, it should have Chinese characteristics; second, it should contain Chinese geography, history, ethnicity, culture and other factors; third, it should have the characteristics of the political regime, and it should embody the united front under the leadership of the China*** Producers' Party, and the design of the national flag should be solemn, simple and easy to read at a glance. Among the submissions, there were four main cases in which the design conception met the three conditions: firstly, the vertical striped flag with sickle, hammer, five-pointed star or cogwheel on the upper left; secondly, sickle and hammer crossed with five-pointed star; thirdly, cogwheel with five-pointed star; and fourthly, the flag with red or two-thirds red color, plus yellow five-pointed star. After repeated discussions, Shanghai Zeng Liansong's design of the five-starred red flag was unanimously adopted by the Preparatory Committee as the national flag pattern. According to Zeng Liansong's conception, one big star symbolized the Chinese ****productivity party leading the revolution and national construction, and four small stars symbolized the people at large, including the four stages at that time: workers, peasants, urban petty bourgeoisie and national bourgeoisie. He designed the five-pointed star in yellow, not only to harmonize with the color of the red flag symbolizing the revolution, but also to express the national characteristics of the yellow race of the Chinese people. Commenting on the meaning of the five-starred red flag, Mao Zedong pointed out that the design expressed the great unity of the Chinese people. We need great unity now, and we need great unity in the future. Therefore, now or in the future, and unity, and revolution.