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Flag Raising Ceremony (China)
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[[File:升国旗 - panoramio.jpg|thumb|A detail from the [[People's Armed Police]] preparing to raise the flag.]]
The '''Flag Raising Ceremony''' is a traditional military ceremony of the [[People's Liberation Army]] of [[China]] which is done publicly on [[Tiananmen Square]] in the capital of [[Beijing]]. The ceremony is conducted by the PLA's [[Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion]], which is part of the 1st Guard Division, [[Central Theater Command]]. It done on the first of every month, with notable ceremonies taking place on [[National Day of the People's Republic of China]] in October and [[New Years Day]] in January.
==Description==
Upon marching out of the [[Tiananmen Gate]] and the Golden Water Bridge, the unit commander for the [[Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion]] orders the unit to begin [[goosestep]]ing in slow time, when it crosses the bridge, it returns to its normal pace and splits off to have two formations on each side of the flagpole while the [[color guard]] moves into position. The commander will then give the command, ''"Salute to the flag"'', which is effectively the order for the unit to [[Present arms (command)|present arms]] and raise the flag. Once this is done, the [[Central Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China|PLA Central Band]] plays ''[[March of the Volunteers]]'', after which ''[[Ode to the Motherland]]'' is performed and dozens of birds are relased past the flag.
==History==
The first flag-raising ceremony on Tiananmen Square took place on 1 October 1949 during the [[Proclamation of the People's Republic of China]]. After that, the raising of the flag was done by electrical means for two decades, with" exceptions to this being done on 1 October.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> An official ceremony was inaugurated in May 1977 with the 3 PLA soldiers from [[Weifang]] raising the flag. This continued until 28 December 1982, when the newly formed [[People's Armed Police]] and its [[People's Armed Police Honour Guard Battalion|honour guard]] took over the ceremony which would last for 35 years. In December 1992, on the basis of the original flag guard, the National Flag Guard was expanded into a squadron of the PAP. The detachment was called the Tiananmen Guard Detachment.<ref></ref><ref name=wjgq></ref><ref name=zhongcheng></ref><ref></ref> On [[New Years Day]] in 2018, the [[People's Liberation Army]] took control of the ceremony, with over 96 members of the PLA Ground Force, Navy and Air Force being part of the contingent.<ref>https://ift.tt/2qGiT2d> This followed the then-recent attachement of the Beijing Garrison Color Guard Company to the BGHGB. According to the ''[[Xinhua News Agency]]'' (the official [[State media|state-run press agency]] of the PRC), the changes marked a "new era" of national civil-military ceremonies.<ref></ref><ref>https://ift.tt/2PjFHyG>
==See also==
* [[Posting the Colours]]
* [[Presentation of Colours]]
==References==
[[Category:National symbols of the People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:Tiananmen Square]]
[[Category:People's Armed Police]]
[[Category:Ceremonies]]
October 24, 2019 at 01:37AM
