At the beginning, China did not have the concept of the national flag, and people who like to understand ancient history know that although the ancient Chinese army liked to set up a flag, it did not have the concept of representing the country, and many of the flags on the army were replaced by the surnames of the leading generals. It was not until 1843 that the British knocked on the door of the Chinese with a strong cannon.
Then the great powers came to China in an attempt to get a piece of the pie, so that the self-imposed Qing Dynasty magnates at that time had a certain concept and respect for the West and even the world, and then in turn, in addition to great fear, they also slowly learned the model of globalization, and China's first official flag was born here.
After destroying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing Dynasty army realized the full gap between itself and the troops of the Western powers, so it went to Germany to buy cannons, and then purchased battleships from Britain, and formed China's first modern navy, the Beiyang Fleet, but at that time each country had its own flag for screening.
However, the Qing Dynasty did not have its own national flag, and after repeated decisions, Prime Minister Yamen chose the triangular yellow dragon flag as the flag, which was the model of the original flag of the Qing Dynasty. In 1872, the Qing government decided that Chinese ships should hang this triangular dragon flag as a symbol.
However, the envoy Guo Songtao put forward the opinion, he believed that according to Western practice, the national flag is usually composed of four squares, and the yellow flag set up at sea is the meaning of the patient's hope that his ship will help rescue, and the flag of the Qing Dynasty is out of order.
Therefore, in 1881, Li Hongzhang, then minister of foreign affairs, asked Cixi to change the triangular national flag to a square, and after Cixi approved it, the national flag of the Qing Dynasty was officially determined as a rectangular dragon flag.
If any reader interested in the country of Bhutan will find that the flag of Bhutan is the flag of the four-clawed golden dragon, which is very similar to the flag of the Qing Dynasty at that time.
The upper half of Bhutan's flag is golden, symbolizing the power of the king of Bhutan in leading religious and secular affairs, while the lower half of the orange-red color represents the holy power of Buddhism.
Bhutan is so similar to the flag of the Qing Dynasty because the two countries have very important origins, in 1727, the Qing Government officially appointed the minister stationed in Tibet to communicate with the central government, and at the same time participate in local affairs, and the Qing Dynasty further controlled the local administrative affairs of Tibet.
Bhutan is next to Tibet, during the Kangxi Qianlong period, the Qing Dynasty's national strength reached its peak, Bhutan, Sikkim, and Ladakh countries also attached, in this way, Bhutan became the Qing Dynasty's Pan vassal state.
However, with the invasion of the Indian subcontinent by British colonists, India alone could not meet the ambitions of the British, they set their sights on Bhutan and other places, in 1772, the British invaded Bhutan and forced Bhutan to cede two thousand square kilometers of land, at this time, the Qing Dynasty, is also in turmoil, there is no time to take care of Bhutan.
However, Bhutan was still a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and according to the regulations, a four-clawed golden dragon was adopted, which was the standard of the level of the king of the clan. After World War II, the British withdrew from South Asia, and Bhutan, India, became independent. Bhutan still uses this flag. At the same time, it is also a member of the Non-Aligned Movement and does not establish diplomatic relations with any country, so this is the reason why it has not established diplomatic relations with China so far.