What is the flag of the Qin Dynasty?

The flag of the Qin Dynasty is black. Using black as the color of the military flag, first of all, is for cultural reasons, and Shuide Wang corresponds to black. Second, the black flag is easy to hide and resistant to dirt. After Qin Shihuang unified China and Korea, he designated black as the color of Qin State.

Qin people advocate black. From princes and nobles to ordinary people, even handyman slaves wear clothes with black as the main color. Ministers above the imperial court are all dressed in black. Even Tang Chao's decorative style is different from other countries' resplendence, but black is the main color.

There is a reason why Qin people are still black. There is such a record in Hanshu, which was compiled by historians in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Today, Qin changed to Zhou Dynasty, and water was virtuous. Yesterday, Duke Wen went hunting and won the Black Dragon. This is the virtue of water. " This passage means that Qin Wengong once captured a black dragon when he went hunting in his early years. And this is the symbol of water virtue in the five elements.

Therefore, the ruler of the state of Qin considers himself a water virtue and advocates water. In the five elements, the symbol color corresponding to Shuide is black. Therefore, from the Qin State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin Empire that dominated the country, they all advocated black.

Extended data:

Qin culture is the clan culture of Qin people, and its carrier includes Qin people and their related clan organizations. Qin culture is the achievement of human civilization created by ancestors of Qin surname on the basis of Qin culture, a model of China's rule of law and political culture, and a valuable historical and cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.

It originated from the hometown of Qin in the northwest of China, and gradually developed from clan culture to regional culture in the Western Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was sublimated into the mainstream culture of the society at that time; After Qin unified China, it rose to the dominant national culture in a certain historical stage. In the historical process of more than two thousand years, the elements of Qin culture have been transformed into the essence of China traditional culture.

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