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Aan die einde van April in Suid-Afrika, in die oggendlig van Vryheidsdag (27 April), wapper die seskleurige nasionale vlag in die wind. Die verweefde geometriese blokke van rooi, blou, groen, goud, swart en wit is soos 'n mikrokosmos van hierdie "Reënboognasie" – dit dra die letsels van koloniale geskiedenis, handhaaf die versoening van diverse etniese groepe en straal die lig van eenheid uit by die Y-vormige kruising. Hierdie vlag, wat in 1994 gebore is, het nog altyd 'n waarheid vertel: verskille kan saambestaan en konflikte sal uiteindelik versoen word. Op die Protea-medaljes op die bors van Suid-Afrikaanse atlete weerspieël die goue buitelyn van die nasionale blom die nasionale vlag. Hierdie plant, wat in dorre rotsskeure groei, interpreteer die Suid-Afrikaanse gees van "nooit buig nie" met sy vlamagtige blomblare. Van die ligglans in Mandela se tronksel tot die groen velde van die Vrouewêreldbeker; Van die donkerste oomblik van apartheid tot die hoogtepunt van glorie by die Rugbywêreldbeker, getuig die Protea-medalje: ware oorwinning is om die blomme wat in desperate situasies blom, die hele nasie te laat verlig. Op hierdie oomblik weef die ses kleure van die nasionale vlag steeds nuwe narratiewe. Wanneer jongmense gedenkmedaljes met protea-patrone by gemeenskapsvoetbalwedstryde dra en wanneer vroulike entrepreneurs elemente van die nasionale blom in handwerk inkorporeer, het die betekenis van die protea-medalje verder as die arena gegaan – dit is 'n kroning vir elke gewone strewer. Net soos Vryheidsdag nie net is om geskiedenis te herdenk nie, wek dit ook die "Protea" in almal se hart: in die harde werklikheid, behou altyd die moed om te blom.

In late April, in South Africa, in the morning light of Freedom Day (April 27), the six-color national flag was unfurled in the wind. The geometric blocks of red, blue, green, gold, black and white are just like the epitome of this "Rainbow Country" – it carries the scars of colonial history, supports the reconciliation of diverse ethnic groups, and bursts out the light of unity at the Y-shaped intersection. This flag, which was born in 1994, has always told a truth: differences can coexist and conflicts will eventually be reconciled. On the King Protea medal on the chest of South African athletes, the golden outline of the national flower echoes the national flag. This plant, which grows in barren rock crevices, interprets the South African spirit of "never bowing" with its flame-like petals. From the glimmer in Mandela's cell to the green field of the Women's World Cup; from the darkest moment of apartheid to the peak of glory of the Rugby World Cup, the King Protea medal witnessed: the real victory is to let the flowers blooming in despair illuminate the entire nation. At this moment, the six-color warp and weft of the national flag are still weaving a new narrative. When young people wear medals with royal flower patterns at community football matches, and when female entrepreneurs incorporate elements of the national flower into handicrafts, the royal flower medal has a meaning beyond the arena – it is a crowning of every ordinary struggler. Just as Freedom Day is not only to commemorate history, it also awakens the "royal flower" in everyone's heart: in the most difficult reality, it always retains the courage to bloom.