Green: Hope
White: Purity
Red: Union also blood
La bandera de Mexico, the flag of Mexico, contains ancient imagery based on Aztec culture of an eagle with a snake in it's mouth perched on a cactus. While searching for a homeland, the deity Huitzilopochtli and his followers discovered a spring that ran two streams of water. One stream was red as blood and the other bright blue and thick. Soon after Huitzilopochtli and his followers also discover a large eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus grasping a snake in it's talons. Huitzilopochtli sees this as a sign to build the city of Tenochtitlan. The ancient city of Tenochtitlan is now the capital of Mexico, Mexico City.
The emblem-shield symbolizes the Aztec heritage. According to a beautiful legend, the gods had advised the Aztecs that the place where they should establish their city was to be identified when they saw an eagle, perched on a prickly pear tree, devouring a serpent. They saw this mythical eagle on a marshy lake that is now the zócalo or main plaza in Mexico City.
This flag was created in 1821, when the Independence movement had ended victoriously. 
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