The Qing, C’hing, or Manchu Empire banner used by China as a national flag from 1890 until 1912. A blue five-toed dragon reaching for the red Sun on a yellow rectangular field. Like many flags made by hand before standardization, proportions and design details sometime vary. In fact no two flag references show the same design for this or the earlier triangular variant. In addition to the official national flag, individual government officials and agencies had a plethora of flags and banners. This Flag was replaced with the first flag of the Republic of China in 1912.