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Tibet Flags – Snow Lion Flag, Bunting & Hand Flags
The snow lion flag, two lions under a rising sun with red and blue rays, for Losar, Buddhist centres and Himalayan festivals. Buy the Tibet flag in 3ft x 2ft to 8ft x 5ft, string Tibet bunting round a shrine room or a stall and wave Tibet hand flags at a Losar parade or a cultural day.
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The snow lion flag: what is on it
The flag stocked here is the snow lion flag, the most elaborate design in the world flag range. At its foot is a white snow mountain, and in front of it two turquoise-maned snow lions stand facing each other, holding up between them a three-coloured flaming jewel and, at their feet, a swirling jewel of two colours. Behind the mountain a golden sun rises, and from it twelve rays, six red and six dark blue, radiate across the field to the edges. A yellow border runs along the top, the hoist and the bottom, leaving the fly edge open. The traditional reading is that the snow mountain is Tibet itself, the lions are the harmony of spiritual and worldly life, the flaming jewel is the three jewels of Buddhism, the swirling jewel is right conduct, the red rays recall the six original tribes of the Tibetan people, the blue rays the sky, and the yellow border the spread of Buddhist teaching. The design was consolidated from older regimental banners in 1916 under the 13th Dalai Lama and standardised during the 1920s. Our Tibet flag prints the full artwork with the lions’ manes, the jewels and the ray colours all correctly rendered, which is a real test of a printed flag.
Losar, shrine rooms and cultural days
The flag is flown first of all at Losar, the Tibetan New Year in February or March, when it decorates the gatherings of the Tibetan community in Britain and the celebrations at Buddhist centres from London to Samye Ling in Dumfriesshire. It hangs in shrine rooms, meditation halls and yoga studios through the year, it appears at Himalayan cultural days and momo festivals alongside Nepali and Bhutanese flags, and it is a favourite in classrooms teaching the geography of the Himalaya and the art of the lion and the jewel. Buyers also include collectors drawn by the richness of the artwork, trekking companies and mountaineering clubs who have climbed in the region, and restaurants and Himalayan craft shops in Britain’s high streets.
Choosing a Tibet flag
The Tibet flag is stocked in 3ft x 2ft, 5ft x 3ft and 8ft x 5ft in a single grade, a 100 denier woven polyester with a sewn header and brass eyelets. It is the lighter printed cloth suited to a shrine room, a stall, a classroom wall or a season on a garden pole, and because the artwork is so detailed the larger sizes show it best: 5ft x 3ft is the standard pole and wall flag, 3ft x 2ft fits a bracket or a window, and 8ft x 5ft is for a stage or a festival backdrop. This design is not currently offered in 20x12in or in the heavyweight DuraFlag grade, and it ships with eyelets rather than clips or a rope and toggle.
Tibet bunting
Tibet bunting is sold in 3m and 9m lengths of rectangular pennants printed with the snow lion flag and stitched to a tape. 3m frames a shrine or a doorway; 9m runs round a hall, a stall or a garden for Losar or a cultural day. The pennants are weatherproof polyester, lengths join end to end, and plain red, blue and yellow strings from the bunting range sit well beside it.
Hand flags and table flags
Tibet hand flags on wooden sticks come in 9x6in and 18x12in for a Losar parade, a festival or a school event. The Tibet table flag is a 6x4in flag on a base for a desk or a shop counter, the 9x6in wooden table flag and the 18x12in large wooden table flag suit a reception or a meeting table, and the sleeved satin table flag is the formal option. Nepal, Bhutan, India and Mongolia are under world flags.
Tibet flag FAQs
Which Tibet flag do you stock?
The snow lion flag: two snow lions holding a flaming jewel before a white mountain, a rising golden sun with six red and six blue rays, and a yellow border on three sides.
What do the snow lions on the Tibet flag mean?
The two lions represent the harmony of spiritual and secular life; the three-coloured jewel they hold stands for the three jewels of Buddhism.
What do the red and blue rays stand for?
The six red rays recall the six original tribes of the Tibetan people and the six blue rays the sky; together they represent the sun’s light reaching every direction.
Why does the yellow border stop at the fly edge?
The border runs along the top, bottom and hoist only; the open fly edge is part of the original design and is reproduced on the stocked flag.
Is the Tibet flag available in DuraFlag or 20x12in?
Not at present. It is stocked in one grade, a 100 denier woven polyester with brass eyelets, in 3ft x 2ft, 5ft x 3ft and 8ft x 5ft.
What size Tibet flag for a wall or pole?
5ft x 3ft for a shrine room wall or a 6m garden pole, 3ft x 2ft for a bracket or a window, 8ft x 5ft for a stage or a festival backdrop.
How quickly can a Tibet flag arrive?
All three sizes, the bunting and the hand and table flags are stocked in and dispatched from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse; order by 2pm for same-day dispatch and 1–2 day UK delivery.