What time is the national flag raised at Tiananmen Square in Beijing every weekend morning?

There is no specific time, because the time for raising the national flag in Tiananmen Square every day is determined based on the sunrise and sunset schedule in the Beijing area provided by the Beijing Observatory. From the time when the upper edge of the sun emerges from the horizon to when the lower edge leaves the horizon, Flag raising time.

The Tiananmen flag-raising ceremony is a designated tourism project by the Beijing Municipal Tourism Commission. On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong personally pressed the button to raise the first five-star red flag. On October 1, 1990, the "Flag Law" was promulgated. Article 13 of the "Flag Law" stipulates:

When the national flag is hoisted, a flag-raising ceremony may be held. During a flag-raising ceremony, participants should stand facing the national flag and salute, and may play or sing the national anthem. For full-time middle schools and primary schools, except for holidays, a flag-raising ceremony is held once a week. It is required that the national anthem must be played when the flag is raised, making the flag-raising ceremony more solemn and grand.

From June 1, 2004, the Tiananmen National Flag Guard’s duty of raising the flag three times every month on “1” has been changed to a big flag-raising on the 1st of every month. 36 national flag guards and 62 Members of the Armed Police Military Band performed the national anthem three times on the spot, just like previous flag-raising events.

Extended information:

"Flag Law":

Article 5, the following places or institutions shall fly the national flag every day:

(1) Tiananmen Square, Xinhuamen, Beijing;

(2) Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, State Council, Central Military Commission, Supreme People’s Court, Supreme People’s Procuratorate;

(3) National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference;

(4) Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

(5) Exit and entry airports, ports, railway stations and other border ports, border defense Coastal defense post.

Article 6: All departments of the State Council, standing committees of local people’s congresses at all levels, people’s governments, people’s courts, people’s procuratorates, and local committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at all levels shall hoist the national flag on working days. . In full-time schools, the national flag shall be flown every day except during winter vacation, summer vacation and Sunday.

Article 7: On National Day, International Labor Day, New Year’s Day and Spring Festival, state agencies at all levels and people’s organizations shall hoist the national flag; enterprises and institutions, village committees, residents’ committees, urban residents’ courts (buildings) ) and public activity venues such as squares and parks, the national flag can be hoisted if conditions permit.

For ethnic minority areas that do not regard the Spring Festival as a traditional holiday, whether the national flag should be hoisted during the Spring Festival shall be determined by the autonomous organs of the ethnic autonomous areas. The national flag of ethnic autonomous areas can be hoisted on the anniversary of the establishment of ethnic autonomous areas and on major traditional ethnic festivals.

Article 8: The national flag may be hoisted when holding major celebrations and commemorative activities, large-scale cultural and sports activities, and large-scale exhibitions.

Article 9: The measures for hoisting and using the national flag in diplomatic activities, as well as national embassies, consulates and other diplomatic representative agencies abroad shall be stipulated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Article 10: Military agencies, military camps, and military ships shall hoist the national flag in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Central Military Commission.

Article 11: The measures for hoisting the national flag of civilian ships and foreign ships entering China’s territorial waters shall be stipulated by the transportation department of the State Council. The measures for hoisting the national flag of ships carrying out border defense, public security and fire-fighting tasks shall be stipulated by the public security department of the State Council.

Article 12: When the national flag is hoisted in accordance with the provisions of Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Law, it shall be raised in the morning and lowered in the evening. If the national flag should be hoisted in accordance with the provisions of this Law, it may not be hoisted in case of bad weather.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Tiananmen Square

People's Daily Online - Nearly 110,000 people watched the flag-raising in Tiananmen Square in the early morning of National Day