Mongolia Flag

The flag of Mongolia has three equal sized vertical stripes. The left and right stripes are red, and the middle stripe is blue. On the left hand side of the Mongolia flag, in the red stripe is the country's national emblem which is a 'soyombo', a columnar arrangement of abstract and geometric representation for fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol.

Mongolia’s flag is rooted in traditional beliefs. Blue is a traditional Mongolian color and it symbolizes the sky. The red stripes initially symbolized Mongolia's socialist beliefs, but a modern meaning is liberty and progress. The soyombo is a national emblem which contains individual symbolism within it. The fire at the top of it symbolizes prosperity, contentment and regeneration. The three flames symbolize the past, present and future. The sun and moon represent the universe and are believed by Mongolians to be the mother, or the sun, and father, or the moon, of their nation. The triangles pointing at the ground are arrowheads and symbolize Mongolian's willingness to defend their nation. The horizontal rectangles represent honesty, justice and righteousness. The middle circle can be symbols of the Buddhist yin and yang symbol, which symbolize complementary opposite forces existing together in the universe, such as positive and negative, male and female, passive and active, fire and water, etc. The circle can also be represented as two fish that never close their eyes, symbolizing the watchfulness and vigilance of Mongolians. The vertical rectangles symbolize pillars which represent strength, resolve and hardness.

The current Mongolian flag was enacted on February 12, 1992. The flag has similar characteristics to the one used in 1949, except for the removal of a star on the current version. Mongolia was granted independence from China on July 11, 1921. Mongolia first brought up this basic design of the flag in 1940.

Genghis Khan brought together Mongolia in the thirteenth century. His grandson, Kublai Khan, raised the ferocious Mongol Empire. In 1650, the son of the Mongol Khan of Urga was announced a Living Buddha. In the seventeenth century, Mongolia became a part of China. In 1911, a rebellion ousted China from Outer Mongolia, and with Soviet assistance established the independent Mongolian People’s Republic. Inner Mongolia, between the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, is still a part of the communist China. Yumzhagiyen Tsedendal ran Mongolia from 1952 to 1984.

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