A somewhat biased view on China…
A friend of mine asked me the interesting question: Do Chinese Provinces have specific flags?
Well, in a country as huge as China that only has one time zone instead of at least 4 or 5… You will not be that surprised to know that Chinese Provinces have no specific flags. So, what could we use to differentiate them?
A first approach to differentiate the different territories of China would be the Chinese Characters used to differentiate the License Plates.
| Běijīng | 北京市 | 京 |
| Tiānjīn | 天津市 | 津 |
| Shànghǎi | 上海市 | 沪 |
| Chóngqìng | 重庆市 | 渝 |
| Héběi | 河北省 | 冀 |
| Shānxī | 山西省 | 晋 |
| Liáoníng | 辽宁省 | 辽 |
| Jílín | 吉林省 | 吉 |
| Hēilóngjiāng | 黑龙江省 | 黑 |
| Jiāngsū | 江苏省 | 苏 |
| Zhèjiāng | 浙江省 | 浙 |
| Ānhuī | 安徽省 | 皖 |
| Fújiàn | 福建省 | 闽 |
| Jiāngxī | 江西省 | 赣 |
| Shāndōng | 山东省 | 鲁 |
| Hénán | 河南省 | 豫 |
| Húběi | 湖北省 | 鄂 |
| Húnán | 湖南省 | 湘 |
| Guǎngdōng | 广东省 | 粤 |
| Hǎinán | 海南省 | 琼 |
| Sìchuān | 四川省 | 川 |
| Guìzhōu | 贵州省 | 黔 or 贵 |
| Yúnnán | 云南省 | 滇 or 云 |
| Shǎnxī | 陕西省 | 陕 or 秦 |
| Gānsù | 甘肃省 | 甘 or 陇 |
| Qīnghǎi | 青海省 | 青 |
| Táiwān | 台湾省 | 台 |
| Xīzàng (Tibet) | 西藏自治区 | 藏 |
| Guǎngxī | 广西壮族自治区 | 桂 |
| Inner Mongolia | 内蒙古自治区 | 内蒙古 |
| Níngxià | 宁夏回族自治区 | 宁 |
| Xīnjiāng | 新疆维吾尔自治区 | 新 |
| Xiānggǎng (Hong Kong) | 香港特别行政区 | 港 |
| Àomén (Macau) | 澳门特别行政区 | 澳 |
Then, another approach, more colorful, would be to choose one local beer for each territory… For this, you may check the website Klausehm.de providing a huge list of Chinese Beers.
ChinoChano (Spanish language blog) already proposes the following Beer Flags:
Yanjing Beer, the symbol for Beijing, would be even better than the olympic logo.
For northern Heilongjiang province, a fresh and “Hapi” Harbin Beer.
Tsingtao Beer could be Shandong emblem.
Dali Beer is perfect for Yunnan, backpackers mecca.
West Lake Beer suits for Zhejiang.
Even Tibet could have the “Lhasa Beer” for a flag.
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May 16th, 2007 at 5:05 am
Thanks for your mention..
Do you know that I finally made a map of China using beers? I called it the beer-o-gram.
You can check it in
http://chinochano.zoomblog.com/archivo/2006/03/20/lo-prometido-es-deuda-el-primer-birrog.html
See you!
May 16th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Hahaha! Great! Thanks a lot!
May 17th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Does anyone of you made a trip all around China to taste each province’s beer ? Might be an excellent theme travel !
May 17th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Mmmmmh… I’m not convinced… Chinese beers are not interesting enough. I still have to find somebody able to differentiate a Chinese beer from another Chinese beer.
They are all so similar. It would be the same as making a Tour of Holland tasting Heineken beer in every city, trying to identify where it’s really the worst.