Flag of Taichung
| Adopted | August 26, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Design | Mid-Lake Pavilion of Taichung Park on the middle. "TAICHUNG" and "臺中" on the bottom. |
Flag of Taichung (Chinese: 臺中市市旗; pinyin: Táizhōngshì Shìqí) is a city flag representing Taichung City, Taiwan. The current flag was adopted on August 26, 2025.[1][2]
History
| Use | |
|---|---|
| Adopted | 1945 |
| Relinquished | August 26, 2025 |
| Design | A red text "臺中市" on the middle of yellow background |
The flag of Taichung used to featured a yellow background with red text of the city's name ("臺中市") since its establishment in 1945, and was continued to be used after Taichung County merged with the city.[3]
The new flag's design was criticised by local media, politicians, and unofficial online voting, with some describing the flag as "the ugliest city flag in Taiwan".[3][4][5] After an online voting on PTT in 2016, the Taichung City government held an online audition for a new city flag.[6] The flag was voted on 18 February 2017. The government promised to modify its minor design before using it, but it was not used in the end.[5][7]
On August 26, 2025, the Taichung City government published the Taichung City Flag Design and Usage Guidelines (臺中市市旗制式及使用要點) and announced the new city flag. The new city flag featured a mid-lake pavilion of Taichung Park in the middle, and the city's name in Latin ("TAICHUNG") and Chinese ("臺中") on the bottom.[8][3] The Chinese text's font is designed by Xiao Shiqiong (蕭世瓊), a professor of the National Taiwan Normal University who had designed the Taichung City Hall's logo.[9] Lu Shiow-yen, then mayor of Taichung, explained that the flag can fit its government flag and minimise the cost of designing and adapting.[10] The flag costed 140,000 NTD to design.[11]
References
- ^ Su Meng-chuan and Lery Hiciano (2025-08-26). "Taichung city flag redesigned". Taipei Times.
- ^ Sean Scanlan (2025-08-26). "Taichung unveils new city flag design". Taiwan News.
- ^ a b c 王云宣; 梁智翔; 林賢明 (2025-08-26). "80年來最醜市旗掰掰！ 台中市新市旗設計出爐". 民視新聞 (in Traditional Chinese).
- ^ "被評全台最醜！台中市旗要大改造？ 林佳龍：看怎麼改". ETtoday新聞雲. 2016-04-26. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ a b 蔡淑媛 (18 October 2023). "全台最醜市旗 議員：台中市旗將延議更新樣式". Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "黃底紅字被批「全台最醜」 台中市重新徵選市旗設計 自己的市旗自己選！". 風傳媒. 2016-11-03. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "台中新市旗今亮相 網友看完卻這樣說..." 自由時報. 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ "臺中市市旗制式及使用要點". 2025-08-26. Archived from the original on 2025-08-28. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ 蘇孟娟 (2025-08-29). "砸14萬改版！「最醜市旗」挨批拿府旗樣板修改 中市府這樣解釋". 自由時報.
- ^ 陳敬丰 (2025-08-26). "「最醜市旗」走入歷史！台中市政府公布新市旗 沿用府徽湖心亭標誌". 聯合新聞網.
- ^ 施郁韻 (2025-08-29). "台中新市旗與府旗對比圖曝光！「拿樣板微調花了14萬」 引網熱議". 三立新聞網.