A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals.[1] The Chinese name of Bauhinia × blakeana has also been frequently shortened as 紫荊/紫荆 (洋yáng means "foreign" in Chinese, and this would be deemed inappropriate by the PRC government), although 紫荊/紫荆 refers to another genus called Cercis. A statue of the plant has been erected in Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong.
1997–present
Flag of Hong Kong (vertical)
Vexillology Association flags[]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
2018–present
Flag of the Hong Kong Vexillology Association
Political flags[]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
Flag of the China Sailors' Union (中華海員工業聯合總會), the main organizer of the Canton-Hong Kong strike.
Hong Kong independence flag
Hong Kong provisional government and independence flag
Hong Kong protest flags[]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
2019
Hong Kong flag variant, with black background
2019
Hong Kong flag variant, with no stars to represent the PRC
2019
Variant with wilted petals
2019
More detailed variant of wilted petal version
2019
Free Hong Kong flag
2019
Lennon Wall flag
2019
Hong Kong protest banner
Historical flags[]
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1990
Flag of Hong Kong
1959–1997
Flag of the British Crown colony and later British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong
A British Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997).
1955–1959
Flag of the British Crown colony of Hong Kong
A British Blue Ensign with local waterfront scene.
The first variant (triangular) of the Qing flag. New Territories was Qing territory before 1898. The Qing Empire had no official flags between 1636 and 1862.
A stylized Bauhinia blakeana leaf outline in white, in the form of a diagonally-tilted capital "R", on a green background, representing the green of the leaves.
1960s–1999
Flag of the Urban Council (Hong Kong)
A stylized Bauhinia blakeana flower outline in white on a pink background, representing the colour of the flower.
