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Design | A horizontal tricolour of green, brown, and blue. [1] |
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Use | Pure tricolor alternative without the kapok flower |
The Kapok Flag is the flag used by the Cantonese nationalist movement and represents the Cantonese people of southern China, as well as their language and culture. [2] [3] [4] As one of the "nine independence" flags, [5] it was banned in Hong Kong after the implementation of Hong Kong national security law. [6]
The flag consists of three horizontal stripes of green, light brown and blue with a stylized image of a kapok flower in the center, the official flower of Guangzhou and a long-time symbol of Cantonese culture. According to its original creator, the green color represents freedom, peace and vitality; light brown represents the indigenous Nam-Yuet people, the ancestors and the origin of modern Cantonese people; and blue represents democracy and the ocean. [7]
The first appearance of the flag on the Internet is no later than March 2010. [7] Since its conception, it can be seen on multiple overseas protests against the CCP. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]