Part of the British flag

St George's cross. Legend has it that St. George slaughtered dragons in the12nd century and became the patron saint of England in the13rd century. St George's Cross was once the symbol of the Crusaders, and it was also the earliest symbol used to represent England.

This flag consists of a white background and a red cross. The width of the Red Cross is 65438+ 0.5 of the height of the flag, and the whole flag is 5:3.

In addition, it is also the origin of the Red Cross on the Georgian flag. Some English people, Scots, Irish people and Welsh people still have their own views on the graphic setting of this flag and whether it should be called the British flag or the British flag.

Although the British flag is a nickname, when the British Empire ruled the four seas, the red, white and blue British flag used to fly all over the world. However, the history of Mizi Banner is as complicated as all the old wormholes covered on it. Behind the national flag, there is a traditional habit that triumphs over the explicit provisions, the ideal of course triumphs over the unmistakable ideal, and the abnormal mood triumphs over the consistent rational story.

In the words of Malcolm Farrow, a historian who studies the rice flag, it is a hodgepodge, but what can you expect from the symbol of Britain? From the day of its birth, Mizi Banner is a navigation flag, which can be used for both military and civilian purposes. In theory, the Mitzi flag is the flag of the British royal family, and it still is today. Unlike most countries, Britain has not officially recognized the British flag by law. But it is no different from the national flag in function.

It was not until 1908, when the British Parliament met, that it was announced that "the British flag was regarded as the British flag". 1933, the British home secretary announced that "the British flag is the British flag".

The BBC's political affairs correspondent said that the British flag is one of the focuses of debate about the British national symbol. Some government ministers believe that its importance should be emphasized, while the far right people regard it as a sign of anti-immigration.

Many British colonies and former colonial countries and regions put the Mitzi flag in the upper left corner of the national flag to show their relationship with Britain. These countries and regions include British Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. Before 1965, the national flag used in Canada also had the pattern of the rice flag. Although there is no difference at first glance, the British flag is actually divided into two parts. The upper part of the two red and white oblique stripes near the flagpole should be mainly white, and the red is close to the lower part, which cannot be reversed.