11. the national flag of thailand is raised every morning at 8:oo and lowered every at 6:00. it wes introduced in 1917 by king vajiravudh (rame vi). its two horizontal red stripes symbolize the land and its people. the white horizontal stripes represent the purity of buddhism, the nation,s main religion . the wide blue band across the center stande for the monaechy . before 1917, the flag had a picture df a white elephant against a red background.