Qing officials designed a national flag for North Korea, writing "The Flag of Goryeo under the Great Qing Dynasty", which became the flag of South Korea
In the five thousand years of China's history, it has always occupied a leading position in the world, and because of China's strong comprehensive strength, Chinese culture is also highly respected by neighboring countries, and now, China's surrounding countries, whether cultural or ethnic traditions, are inextricably linked to China. The most famous of these are today's Vietnam and Korea, which have historically been vassals of China, especially Vietnam, which has a large part of its land area as ancient Chinese counties.
Across the sea from China, Japan's culture is deeply influenced by China, and many Chinese characters can still be found in Japanese characters. But to this day, Korea, once a vassal of ancient China, has always denied this fact in its heart and felt humiliated in its heart. But for the rulers of the ancient Korean Peninsula, this was a very honorable thing, because "'Back to the big brother is good to cool off'" There is a strong and powerful country to rely on, not only to rest assured of security, but also to get a lot of benefits in trade, is this not the best of both worlds?
During the Ming Dynasty, Japan launched a war of aggression against Korea, and it was the Ming Dynasty that sent troops to help, which threw away the armor of the Japanese army and made the Korean border stable for hundreds of years. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, although China's strength began to decline, China was still the co-lord of East Asia at that time, and for this reason, the king of Korea at that time still followed China closely, because in their seriousness, as long as China stood firm, then the entire Korean kingdom could survive forever.
But with the sound of a cannon in the West, China's maritime doors opened widely, and at this time, both China and North Korea began to turn to western advanced technology. Among them, China designed its own national flag, that is, the "Yellow Dragon Flag" of the Qing Dynasty. The reason for using the Yellow Dragon as a symbol, in addition to representing the Qing Dynasty royal family, also confirms the "Dragon", which has an incomparably lofty status in the hearts of Chinese, and can also increase the recognition of the national flag.
After China had its own flag, other vassal states also began to fantasize about having their own flag. However, as vassals of the Qing Dynasty, they had no right to use the national flag, because if they used it hastily, it was likely to be reprimanded by the Qing Emperor. At this time, the King of Korea could not sit still, and he hurriedly invited Qing officials in Korea, hoping that they would come up with a solution.
At that time, the Qing Dynasty official in Korea was named Ma Jianzhong, and after hearing the King of Korea's appeal, he also felt very inappropriate in his heart, so he thought about it again and again and decided to set up a national flag for the Korean state. Ma Jianzhong set up a recognizable national flag for North Korea based on the Bagua diagram in the Five Elements of Yin and Yang in China, which has now become the flag of South Korea. But Korea was, after all, a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, so Ma Jianzhong wrote eight big characters on the Korean flag: "The Flag of Goryeo Under the Great Qing Dynasty." The King of Korea was very satisfied after seeing it, not only had his own flag, but also showed the relationship between subordinate countries on the flag, and the King of Korea was not to mention how happy he was.
Since then, North Korea has used this flag to represent itself before diplomatic occasions, and other small countries have seen the words on the flag and know that behind North Korea is the Qing Dynasty, and they still dare not easily provoke themselves. But with the decline of the Qing Dynasty, so did peace in Korea. In the Sino-Japanese War, Japan took advantage of the situation to invade Korea, although China once again extended a helping hand, but this time it suffered a disastrous defeat, not only the Beiyang Marine Division was tragically destroyed, but even Korea was forced to become a vassal state of Japan.
Qing officials designed the flag for the Korean state, and the King of Korea was very satisfied after reading it, and now it is the flag of South Korea