The flag of the Kingdom of Thailand is known to the Thai people as Thong Trairong which literally means “tricolour flag”. The current design was adopted on 28 September 1917 after a royal decree was issued by King Rama VI. This makes the Thai flag one of the world’s older flags.The flag is made up of five horizontal stripes in the colours red, white, blue, white, and red. The central blue stripe is twice as wide as each of the other four. The flaghas a width-to-length ratio of 2:3.
The colours stand for nation-religion-king: red for the land and people, white for Theravada Buddhism (which is the main religion of Thailand), and blue for the monarchy. Blue is also Thailand’s national color. In addition, the blue honors Thailand’s World War I allies (Great Britain, France, the United States and Russia), who all had red, white and blue flags.From the mid-19th century until 1916, Thailand, which was called Siam until 1939, used a red-based flag with a white elephant on it.That flag was replaced in 1916 with a red-white-red-white-red horizontal striped flag which was modified in 1917, when the blue center replaced red.
The flag of the Kingdom of Thailand is known to the Thai people as Thong Trairong which literally means “tricolour flag”. The current design was adopted on 28 September 1917 after a royal decree was issued by King Rama VI. This makes the Thai flag one of the world’s older flags.The flag is made up of five horizontal stripes in the colours red, white, blue, white, and red. The central blue stripe is twice as wide as each of the other four. The flaghas a width-to-length ratio of 2:3.The colours stand for nation-religion-king: red for the land and people, white for Theravada Buddhism (which is the main religion of Thailand), and blue for the monarchy. Blue is also Thailand’s national color. In addition, the blue honors Thailand’s World War I allies (Great Britain, France, the United States and Russia), who all had red, white and blue flags.From the mid-19th century until 1916, Thailand, which was called Siam until 1939, used a red-based flag with a white elephant on it.That flag was replaced in 1916 with a red-white-red-white-red horizontal striped flag which was modified in 1917, when the blue center replaced red.
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