A white, five-petal Bauhinia blakeana on a red field with 1 star on each of the petals.[1] The Chinese name of Bauhinia × blakeana has also been frequently shortened as 紫荊/紫荆 (洋yáng means "foreign" in Chinese, and this would be deemed inappropriate by the PRC government), although 紫荊/紫荆 refers to another genus called Cercis. A statue of the plant has been erected in Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong.
The badge is centrally positioned on a Blue and Yellow vertical straps, whose overall proportions are 2:3 whilst the badge height is 3/4 the height and width of the flag.
The first variant (triangular) of the Qing flag. New Territories was Qing territory before 1898. The Qing Empire had no official flags between 1636 and 1862.
A stylized Bauhinia blakeana leaf outline in white, in the form of a diagonally-tilted capital "R", on a green background, representing the green of the leaves.