Page 5 - The Origin and Early Spread of The Buddhist Flag 佛旗的缘起与传播

Last year, I read a book titled “Wesak as a Public

Holiday and Its Social Psychological

Significance” by Dato Ir. Ang Choo Hong, which

has sparked my curiosity towards the design

process of the Buddhist Flag.

“Wesak as a Public Holiday — the Struggle and its Significance”
Online Talk by Dato Ir. Ang

The search results that came up on the Internet,

especially the information in Chinese, generally

explained that the designer of the Buddhist flag

is Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907). But