The Mongolian flag is divided into three equal vertical stripes. The two stripes at both edges are red while the middle one is blue. As in most flags from other nations, the blue color in the Mongolian flag stands for the sky. The two red stripes, on the other hand, stands for liberty and progress.
The most noticeable feature of the Mongolian flag is the "soyombo," the country's national emblem, which is placed on the leftmost stripe. The soyombo is an abstract symbol that represents fire, sun, moon, earth, water, and the yin-yang symbol. It was made national symbol by the first People's Great Khural in 1924. |