Does the national flag need to be lowered for protection during the rainstorm? The authoritative interpretation is coming.

On the afternoon of April 25th, there was a sudden rainstorm in Changsha. In a primary school, the video of a girl returning to school with an umbrella in heavy rain and lowering the national flag on the flagpole was praised by netizens, and some netizens questioned that it was not appropriate to simply publicize this practice because it was dangerous under the flagpole in rainy days.

So, what are the safety hazards under the flagpole in rainy days? What about the national flag that has been raised in case of sudden bad weather?

On-site restoration, the school teacher tried to stop the students but the students didn't hear.

It is understood that on the afternoon of April 25, Changsha primary school students lowered their umbrellas and put away the national flag in the primary school affiliated to the National Defense Science and Technology University. The student involved is a "flag bearer" of the school. Yu Yi, the principal of the school, said: "It was more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon. When I was conducting a security check on campus, I suddenly found a classmate at the flag station. " Yu Yi immediately realized that the child was collecting national flags. She said, "It was raining heavily. Although there is no thunder, it is very dangerous to do so in rainy days. "

At the beginning, I shouted to the children, "Come back soon, the teacher is going to collect the national flag." However, due to the distance, the child did not hear it. At this time, Liu, the school security guard who was patrolling with him, immediately arrived in the rain, took the child back and gave the child a safety lesson on the spot.

Primary and middle school students all over the country care about the national flag.

In recent years, it is not uncommon for all kinds of students to grab the national flag in heavy rain. According to media reports:

On the morning of July 8, 2002/KLOC-0, it was stormy in the south playground of Shouchun Middle School in Hefei. One girl played with a red umbrella and put down the national flag on the national flagpole with another girl. This scene happened to be recorded by passing parents with their mobile phones. Moreover, the school has two playgrounds, north and south, each with a national flagpole. So almost at the same time, four boys rushed to another playground with umbrellas to lower and put away the national flag. A teacher on duty took pictures of some boys receiving national flags.

On the afternoon of 2021June 10, there was a sudden rainstorm in Yangzhou. Two students from Yangzhou Yucai Experimental School rushed out of the classroom to the flag-raising platform and lowered the national flag.

On May 26th, 20021year, it rained heavily in Hangzhou. In Jianlan Middle School, a boy wearing a school uniform and a red scarf braved the heavy rain to lower the national flag.

On September 29th, 20021year, a sudden rainstorm occurred in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and three sixth-grade students rushed out of the classroom to collect the national flag.

What are the hidden dangers of standing under the flagpole in rainy days?

In previous media reports, there were also voices of doubt that there were security risks when the national flag was put away because of the thunderstorm and strong winds. So, what are the security risks?

It is understood that the flagpoles used in schools all over the country are mostly metal flagpoles. Luo Wuxiang, the chief teacher of the physics teacher's studio of Luo Wuxiang High School in Wangcheng District of Changsha City and the physics teacher of Zebanhu Middle School in Changjun County, said that if there is lightning and thunder, standing under the metal flagpole is definitely a safety hazard, especially when the flag flagpole is in an empty position around, and there are no higher buildings around. So now many flagpoles are marked with the words "Don't approach in lightning weather" at the lower part of the flagpole to warn teachers and students. If it rains without lightning, there is no danger of being struck by lightning. But at the same time, we should also pay attention to the fact that rain is accompanied by strong winds, because individual national flags need to be clamped with a wooden stick on the side of the national flag when they are raised, so we should guard against the possibility that wooden sticks may hurt people under strong winds, especially primary school students with insufficient arm strength.

How to explain and demand the national flag law when encountering bad weather?

In addition, in the above media reports, a vice president of Shouchun Middle School in Hefei said in an interview at the time that students often drop and collect national flags in rainy days. Usually, when the school flag class is training, the teacher will emphasize that according to the flag law, in case of bad weather such as rainstorm, the national flag must be put away and protected.

So, is this stipulated by the national flag law?

According to Article 4 of the newly revised National Flag Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) (202 1, 1), it is clearly stipulated: "The national flag of China is the symbol and symbol of the national flag of China. Every citizen and organization should respect and care for the national flag. "

Article 6 includes: "Schools should fly the national flag every day except winter vacation, summer vacation and rest days." Article 14 also stipulates: "The school will hold a flag-raising ceremony once a week except holidays."

Regarding inclement weather, Article 13 stipulates: "If the national flag should be displayed in accordance with the provisions of this Law, it shall not be displayed in inclement weather." In this regard, some lawyers explained: "If the weather is bad, you can choose to lower the flag or not."

Do you need to take down the national flag to protect it when it rains heavily? There is also such a high praise: "No, because the national flag is sacred and represents our motherland, it is impossible to take our national flag down because of a natural disaster. Isn't that too weak? Is this the style of China people? Tell you: our national flag should be raised when it should be raised and collected when it should be collected. Nothing can change, let alone the weather? "