Flag of Tibet
| Snow Lion Flag | |
| Use | National flag |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 5:8 |
| Adopted | 1916 |
| Design | Two snow lions beneath a flaming blue, white and orange jewel and holding a blue and orange taijitu on a white mountain with a gold sun rising over it, all over 12 red and blue alternating rays with a gold border around the upper, lower, and hoist side of the flag. |
| Use | Civil and state flag, national ensign |
| Proportion | 5:8 |
| Design | Original design from 1916 to 1951 |
The national flag of Tibet (བོད་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་དར།), also unofficially known as the Snow Lion Flag, depicts:
- a white snow-covered mountain
- a yellow sun with red and dark blue rays emanating from it
- two Tibetan snow lions
- the Triratna symbol of coloured jewels
- a taijitu symbol
- a fimbriated yellow border around three of its four sides (not the fly side)
It was the national flag of an independent Tibet from 1916 until 1951, when the country was annexed by the People's Republic of China (PRC). The flag was adopted by the 13th Dalai Lama in 1916 and used until the Tibetan uprising of 1959, after which it was outlawed in the PRC. While the Tibetan flag remains illegal in the PRC-controlled Tibet Autonomous Region, it continues to be used by the Central Tibetan Administration, the Tibetan government-in-exile based in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India, and by pro-Tibet groups around the world to show support for human rights in Tibet and Tibetan independence.