Mbendera ya Union, yomwe imadziwika kuti Union Jack, ndi mbendera ya dziko la United Kingdom kapena UK. Ndi mbendera ya Britain.
Mbendera zathu za ku UK zimapangidwa ku China kotero mbendera iyi idzafanana ndi zina za kukula komweko ngati mukuyendetsa mbendera zingapo pamodzi. Nsalu yomwe mungasankhe mbendera yanu ya ku United Kingdom ndi poly spun poly, poly max, nayiloni. Mutha kusankha njira yopangira applique, njira yosokera kapena njira yosindikizira kuti mupange mbendera iyi. Kukula kwa mbendera ya ku UK kumayambira pa 12”x18” mpaka 30'x60'
"Nthawi zambiri amanena kuti Mbendera ya Union iyenera kufotokozedwa ngati Union Jack ikangowulutsidwa m'mauta a sitima yankhondo, koma iyi ndi lingaliro laposachedwa. Kuyambira pachiyambi cha moyo wake, Admiralty yokha nthawi zambiri ankatchula mbenderayo kuti Union Jack, kaya ingagwiritsidwe ntchito bwanji, ndipo mu 1902, Admiralty Circular inalengeza kuti Atsogoleri awo adaganiza kuti dzina lililonse lingagwiritsidwe ntchito mwalamulo. Kugwiritsa ntchito kotereku kunavomerezedwa ndi Nyumba ya Malamulo mu 1908 pamene kunanenedwa kuti "Union Jack iyenera kuonedwa ngati mbendera ya Dziko".
Kotero – “…mbendera ya jack inalipo kwa zaka zoposa zana limodzi ndi makumi asanu asanayambe ndodo ya jack…” Ngati pali china chilichonse, ndodo ya jack imatchedwa dzina la Union Jack – osati mosiyana!
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Wolemba mbiri David Starkey adati mu pulogalamu ya pa TV ya Channel 4 kuti Mbendera ya Union imatchedwa 'Jack' chifukwa idatchedwa dzina la James L wa ku Great Britain (Jacobus, Latin James), yemwe adayambitsa mbenderayo atalowa ufumu.
Mbiri ya kapangidwe kake
Kapangidwe ka Union Jack kanayamba mu Act of Union 1801, yomwe inagwirizanitsa Ufumu wa Great Britain ndi Ufumu wa Ireland (kale unali mgwirizano waumwini) kuti apange United Kingdom of Great Britain ndi Ireland. Mbenderayi ili ndi mtanda wofiira wa Saint George (woyera mtima wa England, womwe umayimiranso Wales), wokhala ndi m'mphepete mwa zoyera, wokhala ndi mchere wa St Patrick (woyera mtima wa Ireland), wokhalanso ndi m'mphepete mwa zoyera, womwe uli ndi mchere wa Saint Andrew (woyera mtima wa Scotland). Wales sayimiridwa mu Union Flag ndi Saint David, woyera mtima wa Wales, chifukwa mbenderayi idapangidwa pomwe Wales inali gawo la Ufumu wa England.
Kuchuluka kwa mbendera pamtunda ndi mbendera yankhondo yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi gulu lankhondo la Britain kuli ndi kuchuluka kwa 3:5.[10] Kuchuluka kwa kutalika kwa mbendera panyanja ndi 1:2.
Mbendera yoyambirira ya Great Britain inakhazikitsidwa mu 1606 ndi chilengezo cha Mfumu James VI ndi I ya Scotland ndi England. Mbendera yatsopano ya United Kingdom idakhazikitsidwa mwalamulo ndi Order in Council ya 1801, ndipo blazon yake ikuwerengedwa motere:
Mbendera ya Union idzakhala yoyera, Mitanda ya Saint Andrew ndi Saint Patrick yoyera kotala iliyonse, yosinthidwa, ya argent ndi ya gules, yomalizayo yoyera ya yachiwiri, yokwezedwa ndi Mtanda wa Saint George wachitatu woyera ngati ya saltire.
Palibe mitundu yovomerezeka yovomerezeka yomwe idatchulidwa, ngakhale kuti Flag Institute imatanthauzira mitundu yofiira ndi yabuluu yachifumu ngatiPantone 186 CndiPantone 280 C, motsatana. Nsalu yoti tipange mbendera ya United Kingdom ndi mtundu uwu.
Golide Wofiira Wakuda
Chiyambi cha zakuda, zofiira ndi golide sichingadziwike motsimikiza. Pambuyo pa nkhondo zomenyera ufulu mu 1815, mitunduyi idayambitsidwa ndi yunifolomu yakuda yokhala ndi mapaipi ofiira ndi mabatani agolide omwe gulu la Lützow Volunteer Corps, lomwe lidachita nawo nkhondo yolimbana ndi Napoleon, lidatchuka kwambiri chifukwa cha mbendera yakuda ndi yofiira yokongoletsedwa ndi golide ya Jena Original Student Fraternity, yomwe idawerengera asilikali akale a Lützow pakati pa mamembala ake.
Komabe, chizindikiro cha dziko cha mitunduyi chinachokera makamaka pa mfundo yakuti anthu aku Germany ankaganiza molakwika kuti ndi mitundu ya Ufumu wakale wa Germany. Pa Chikondwerero cha Hambach mu 1832, ambiri mwa omwe adatenga nawo mbali adanyamula mbendera zakuda-zofiira-golide. Mitunduyo inakhala chizindikiro cha mgwirizano wa dziko ndi ufulu wa abusa, ndipo inali paliponse panthawi ya kusintha kwa 1848/49. Mu 1848, Frankfurt Federal Diet ndi Germany National Assembly adalengeza kuti mitundu yakuda, yofiira ndi yagolide ndi mitundu ya Germany Confederation ndi Ufumu watsopano wa Germany womwe unakhazikitsidwa.
Masiku oti mbendera ya United Kingdom ikwere
Masiku a mbendera omwe anthu ayenera kulengeza mbendera ya Union Jack
Masiku a mbendera omwe DCMS imatsogolera ndi awa: masiku obadwa a mamembala a Royal Family, chikumbutso cha ukwati wa Mfumu, Tsiku la Commonwealth, Tsiku la Kulowa M'malo, Tsiku la Korona, tsiku lobadwa la Mfumu, Lamlungu Lokumbukira ndi (m'dera la Greater London) pa masiku a Kutsegulidwa ndi Kuletsedwa kwa Nyumba Yamalamulo.[27]
Kuyambira mu 2022, masiku oyenera ndi awa:
9 Januwale: tsiku lobadwa la Mfumukazi ya Wales
20 Januwale: tsiku lobadwa la Duchess wa ku Edinburgh
19 February: tsiku lobadwa la Duke wa York
Lamlungu lachiwiri mu Marichi: Tsiku la Commonwealth
10 Marichi: tsiku lobadwa la Duke wa Edinburgh
9 Epulo: chikumbutso cha ukwati wa Mfumu ndi mkazi wa Mfumukazi.
Loweruka mu June: Tsiku Lobadwa la Mfumu
21 Juni: tsiku lobadwa la Kalonga wa Wales
17 Julayi: tsiku lobadwa la mkazi wa Mfumukazi
15 Ogasiti: tsiku lobadwa la Mfumukazi Yachifumu
8 Seputembala: chikumbutso cha kulowa ufumu kwa Mfumu mu 2022
Lamlungu Lachiwiri mu Novembala: Lamlungu Lokumbukira
14 Novembala: Tsiku lobadwa la Mfumu
Kuphatikiza apo, mbendera iyenera kuwulutsidwa m'malo otsatirawa pa masiku omwe atchulidwa:
Wales, 1 Marichi: Tsiku la Woyera Davide
Northern Ireland, 17 Marichi: Tsiku la Saint Patrick
England, 23 Epulo: Tsiku la Saint George
Scotland, 30 Novembala: Tsiku la Saint Andrew
Greater London: kutsegulidwa kapena kuyambitsidwa kwa Nyumba Yamalamulo
Nthawi yotumizira: Marichi-23-2023