Taiwan has been controlled by various governments and has been associated with various flags throughout its history. Since 1945, the Republic of China (ROC) rules the island and which became the major territorial base of the ROC since 1949, hence the flag most commonly associated with it today which has been the Flag of the Republic of China. The first national flag of Taiwan was first used in 1663 during the Kingdom of Tungning, which had a plain white flag with the character 鄭 (zhèng) on the red bordered circle. The flag of the Qing dynasty was also used from 1862 until 1895, when the Republic of Formosa was declared. The Formosan flag had a tiger on a plain blue field with azure clouds below it. During Japanese rule of Taiwan, the flag of Japan was flown in the island from 1895 to 1945. Following the transfer of the control of Taiwan from Japan to China in 1945, the national flag was specified in Article Six of the 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China. After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the government of Chiang Kai-shek relocated the Republic of China (ROC) to the island of Taiwan.
Current flag
Historical flags
Royal flags
Political divisions
Below are the flags used in the political divisions of Taiwan.
Provinces
Special municipalities
Provincial cities
Counties
Military flags
Other state flags
Political party flags
Chinese Taipei sports flags
Other historical flags
Ethnic groups flags
Indigenous
See also List of Chinese flags Proposed flags of Taiwan
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