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The official flag of Mongolia was adopted by the establishment of the state in 1940. Like any flag, this one shows his load of symbols. The RED indeed stands for FREEDOM and the BLUE for the SKY. The SOYOMBO symbol (on the left-hand side of the flag) is described hereafter.
The Mongolian independence, proclaimed on 11th July 1921, will be acknowledged by China on 20th October 1945. Taken on in 1940, the Mongolian flag was displaying the communist star at the top of the Soyombo. The latter has then been removed after the 1992 revolution, the original triple flame getting back its fair place instead.
Designed in 1686 by Zanabazar, a famous Mongol monk and scholar, the Soyombo symbolizes the Mongolian independence. Already in use in the XVIIth century on banners during battles against the Chinese, it will be supplemented onto the national flag in 1940.
The SOYOMBO symbol can be broken down in different sub-symbols.
Fringing the Yin-Yang sign, which retains here all of his usual symbolism, there are several bars.
The superior and inferior horizontal bars signify stability, justice and honesty.
Top-based triangles, standing for spears, embody the demise and death of the enemy.
They are framed by two vertical bars, which ornaments represent a fortress, reminding Mongols that Unity shapes the walls of the latter.
Moon (crescent) and sun (circle) refer to Buddhism and cover up the wholesome.
The three-branch flame at the top of this structure reminds Mongols that revival, family, past, present and future life
(the 3 flames) may exist only if leaning on the virtues symbolised beneath.
English translation by courtesy of Frederic HAAS
