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The flag has been designed by Lu Haodong and Sun Yat-sen. The National Flag of Taiwan features a red background with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays. The design of the white sun on the blue field symbolizing the sun of progress dates back to and was later adopted as the flag of the Kuomintang Party.
The three colors correspond to the fundamental principles of the people of Taiwan. The blue color signifies liberty, justice, and democracy.
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The red color symbolizes fraternity, sacrifice, and nationalism. The white color represents equality, frankness, and people's livelihood. The twelve white rays represent the twelve months in a year and the twelve shichens traditional Chinese hours where each ray corresponds to about two hours of each day. The flag has a width-to-length proportion ratio of The first flag of this region was flown during the Tungning Kingdom in It was a plain white flag with the word "zhéng" written on a red-bordered circle.
The Qing Dynasty flag was flown from to when Formosa was formed. The Flag of Formosa was a blue banner with a tiger and Azure clouds.
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Under the Japanese rule, the island used the Japanese flag from to The Taiwan government was created on January 1, , and they selected a 5-colored flag as their provisional flag. The army used the star flag, while their navy adopted the current flag. After Taiwan was transferred to China from Japan in , the government approved the naval ensign as their flag in article 6 of their constitution.
The official flag of Taiwan is red with a blue canton which has a white sun and twelve triangular rays. The Red Earth was added to the flag to symbolize the blood of all the people who helped to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and establish the Republic of China. The flag of Taiwan was used for the first time as a navy flag in in mainland China, before becoming their official flag in The twelve white rays of the sun, represent the twelve months in a year and the twelve shichens traditional Chinese hours where each ray corresponds to about two hours of each day.
The music of the anthem have been composed by Cheng Maoyun. The anthem was officially adopted for its use in Republic of China Taiwan on September 27, The New Taiwan dollar was initially issued by the Bank of Taiwan. The New Taiwan dollar was issued to reduce the hyperinflation caused due to the Chinese civil war. In , the gold reserve of China was moved to Taiwan and according to Temporary provisions, it was declared that the dollar issued by the Bank of Taiwan was to be used as the provincial currency.
For several years, the silver yuan remained as the legal currency while the New Taiwan dollar was the de facto currency of Taiwan.
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In , these temporary provisions became ineffective and the Republic of China had lacked an official currency till The Central Bank of the Republic of China started issuing banknotes and coins. The old coins and banknotes that had been issued by the Bank of Taiwan were taken out from circulation. Kingdom of Tungning Kingdom of Tungning.
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