North Korea's attempt to borrow the Chinese flag was rejected, and the new national flag appeared in Chinese characters
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In 1219, King Christian of Denmark. Kamad went on an expedition to defeat the infidels in Estonia. In the beginning, the battle was very difficult.
So the king led the soldiers in a prayer ceremony, hoping to be blessed by heaven and achieve victory. At this time, a red and white cross flag fell from the sky, which inspired the Danish army to fight, and the battle situation improved.
Eventually, this flag became the Danish flag, the first national flag in the world.
During the development of religion in the Middle Ages, European countries followed Denmark's example and created their own national flags. With the advent of the Age of Discovery, this habit became popular all over the world.
In 1876, during the Meiji Restoration, Joseon successfully opened the door to Lee's Joseon due to its first-mover advantage, and signed the unequal Treaty of Ganghwa with it.
The signing of this treaty marked the official opening of Korea to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. It is shameful that even at the signing ceremony, the Japanese representative openly ridiculed the DPRK ** for not having its own flag.
This ** humiliated the Joseon royal family, who had been guilty for years and longed for a flag that would restore their dignity. In order to achieve this goal, they even turned to the suzerain, the Qing Dynasty, for help.
So, what was the Qing Dynasty's response to this? Did they get their wish?
The history of the signing ceremony of the Treaty of Jianghua is closely linked to the Chinese civilization, and this connection has existed for a long time. In 1046 BC, Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu, led a large army to defeat the Shang dynasty and established the Zhou dynasty, which became another slave dynasty in the land of China.
In order to consolidate his power, King Wu of Zhou adopted a feudal system, based on the patriarchal system.
King Shang's uncle, Keiko, was enshrined on the Korean Peninsula during the reign of King Mu, and established a political power and civilization system, which is the origin of Mizi Joseon. During the Western Han Dynasty, Jizi Korea was destroyed by the Yan general Wei Man, forming the "Wei Dynasty", whose territory included Goguryeo, Zhenfan, Lintun, Wofu, and Fuyu, far exceeding the predecessors.
Later, the regime on the Korean Peninsula underwent several evolutions.
After the Weiman Joseon, a number of powers emerged on the Korean Peninsula, such as the "Samhan", Baekje, Goguryeo, Silla, etc., all of whom once had the right to rule the peninsula.
Relations between Korea and China were also volatile, and it was not until the 7th century CE that Silla became the most powerful power on the peninsula, but was still unable to fully conquer Baekje and Goguryeo.
Therefore, the king of Silla sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty many times to accept the Tang Dynasty's Zhengshuo and Yiguan, and hoped that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to help them.
In 660 AD, Silla asked for assistance from the Tang Dynasty, who sent troops to protect peace on the Korean Peninsula. With the support of the Tang Dynasty, Silla's morale was greatly boosted, and he succeeded in eliminating Baekje and defeating Goguryeo.
In 668 AD, the Tang Dynasty established the "Andong Protectorate" in Pyongyang, which marked the establishment of Korea as one of the vassal states of China. For the next thousand years, Korea loyally existed as part of China until the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in the last years of the Qing Dynasty.
Japan is the only one of the four ancient civilizations that has not had a civilization fault, and the far-reaching influence of Chinese civilization on East Asia is undeniable. In modern times, most of the East Asian countries followed the example of the Ming and Qing dynasties to implement the policy of closing the country to the outside world, although they were able to maintain a short period of tranquility, but also made the East Asian region gradually lag behind the trend of the times, and the national strength was surpassed by the Western powers.
And the Opium War allowed the Western powers to forcibly open the closed door of the Qing Dynasty.
When the Western powers discovered the riches of the East, they sent their fleets like robbers to barbarize and plunder the riches. In 1853, the American fleet forcibly broke into Japan in imitation of the behavior of the British.
This was followed by the Netherlands, Russia, England and France. At that time, Japan was still in the shogunate period, and they used backward bows and spears to compete with the muskets of the Western powers, and they were defeated.
This led to the loss of power of the shogunate, and the Shogunate Rebellion broke out in various places, which further developed into the Shogunate Rebellion. On January 3, 1868, Emperor Muhito (Emperor Meiji) issued the Imperial Government Retro Trumpet Decree, abolishing the shogunate system.
After the Meiji Restoration, Japan fully emulated the Western powers and carried out a top-down reform movement. The results of this campaign were remarkable, and Japan succeeded in becoming the first country in East Asia to modernize.
In terms of system, industry, constitution, etc., Japan has carried out comprehensive reforms, and even borrowed from the West to formulate the "sun flag" that represents Japan's national image.
Through the Meiji Restoration, Japan's strength was rapidly improved, and it even surpassed China, which had long ruled East Asia, and became the first country in East Asia to have a national flag. However, as its strength grew, Japan's ambitions gradually swelled and began to embark on the path of militaristic aggression.
During the negotiations on Korean costumes in modern times, Korea was unreasonably demanded by Japan, and Emperor Meiji repeatedly presented his credentials to Korea to "open its doors" and establish new diplomatic relations.
Japan's goal was clear: to further occupy Korea's territory and markets in order to reduce the burden of domestic industrial development. However, in the face of these unreasonable demands, the DPRK resolutely refused.
on the Internet. In its national letters, Japan often refers to itself as "Great Japan" and has expressions such as "emperor" and "edict", which makes Korea, as a vassal state of China, very angry, and the contradictions between the two sides are also intensifying.
In 1875, Japan sent the "Unyang"** to the waters near Ganghwa Island in Korea and forcibly opened the door of Korea by force. At that time, Japanese industry was already very developed, and the closed and backward Korea was clearly not its opponent.
In this conflict, the DPRK suffered huge losses. Aware of the gap, North Korea realized that it was not an opponent of the other side, so it chose to negotiate with Japan.
Between February 11 and February 20, 1876, the two sides negotiated four times. During the first negotiations, the Japanese army recklessly fired guns and artillery under the pretext of celebrating the Eno Festival, demonstrating the strength of its armed forces and having a considerable deterrent effect on the Korean side.
On February 27, the two sides signed the "Japan-North Korea Reconciliation Regulations" (known as the "Bingzi Reconciliation Regulations" in Korea at that time, and later known as the "Ganghwa Treaty" or "Ganghwa Island Treaty") at Yeonmutang, Ganghwa Province.
However, at the time of the signing ceremony, the Japanese side deliberately hung its "sun flag" high on the flagpole in the rear in order to further attack the DPRK and dominate the scene.
Observationally, behind the Japanese delegates, the Japanese flag is very conspicuous, but behind the DPRK delegates, there is a blank space.
The representative of Japan mocked: "You don't even have your own flag, so why do you negotiate with us?" The DPRK representative gritted his teeth in anger and glared angrily. This humiliation made North Korea realize that it is urgent to formulate a national flag.
It was not long before North Korea and Japan faced negotiations again. In order not to repeat history, North Korea immediately sent people to the suzerainty of Daqing, hoping to borrow a national flag for the time being.
Drawing inspiration from Eastern philosophy, North Korea created the Chinese flag with Chinese characters. Although the Qing Dynasty did not have a clear national flag, their Yellow Dragon Banner symbolized imperial authority and was often regarded as a symbol of the Qing Empire.
Because of the importance and value of this flag, the Qing Dynasty ** rejected the request for borrowing from North Korea.
Although the late Qing Dynasty did not lend the Yellow Dragon Flag to North Korea, it still provided assistance in the formulation of the Korean national flag. Under the guidance of Qing envoy Ma Jianzhong, Korean envoys Park Yong-hyo and Kim Ok-gyun drew a flag represented by traditional Bagua array symbols on a ferry to Japan.
The flag was brought back to Korea, and after much discussion, it was finally designated as the national flag by the king of Korea.
A British captain named James thought the North Korean flag was too intricate to be remembered, even if it was deliberately altered. Therefore, North Korea** reduced the pattern of the Bagua Flag and eventually replaced it with the "Four Trigrams", which is now the "Taiji Flag".
Because the Li dynasty had not completely collapsed at that time and still belonged to the vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, on their national flag, there were eight big characters given by the Qing Dynasty royal family: "Great Qing vassal state, Goryeo flag".
These words clearly indicate the subordination of the two countries.
This is *** on the Internet, but it records the changes of an era. However, this short-lived friendship broke down in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894. The Qing Dynasty navy, which had a high regard for itself, was easily defeated by the Japanese navy in the Yellow Sea, and the position of the hegemon of East Asia changed hands.
The collapse of the Qing Dynasty was only a matter of time, and the Korean Peninsula was completely reduced to a Japanese colony. Until 1945, the Korean Peninsula was freed from Japanese control after the end of World War II, but it became the stage of the United States and the Soviet Union in East Asia.
The Taiji flag originated from the ancient Bagua map, in which the southern Korea** also used this flag. On March 25, 1949, the review committee of the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Republic of Korea determined that the Taiji Flag was the national flag of Korea, and gave a clear explanation of this: the ratio of length to width of the Taiji Flag is 3:2, the white symbolizes the land, and the Taiji Liangyi in the middle and the black four hexagrams at the four corners constitute the main body of the Taiji Flag.
The circle of Tai Chi represents the people, while the two instruments in the shape of a fish, which are bent up and down inside, represent yang and yin, respectively, symbolizing the balance of the universe. The overall pattern of the Tai Chi flag symbolizes the eternal movement, balance and harmony of all things in infinite space, reflecting the philosophical ideas and mystical sense of the East.
These oriental philosophical ideas are derived from the profound and broad Chinese culture.
Today's South Korea, although it still uses the Tai Chi flag, is trying to separate itself from the source of Chinese culture, which is undoubtedly a reversal of the cart before the horse.
Although the South Korean side may find all kinds of excuses to quibble, the course of history cannot be changed. If we blindly go against the truth of history, we will only lose our cultural foundation in the end and eventually fall into a situation of self-bondage.