The honor guards of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army, Navy and Air Force are affiliated to the Beijing Rongwei Army, and undertake different etiquette tasks together with the military band and salute team. The tasks of the honor guards of the three armed forces are usually divided into three specifications; The largest team consists of 15 1 person, including a captain, two deputy flag bearers and 147 players to welcome foreign heads of state. The second specification is the honor guard of the three armed forces, 127 people, to meet senior generals of foreign troops, and the third specification is 1065438+. In addition, the guard of honor also undertakes the ceremonial tasks of foreign countries laying wreaths to the Tiananmen Square Monument and raising the national flag at major events.

With the development of China's army, the dress of honor guards has undergone five changes. The first time was in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The second time was 1955, and the dress was jiaozi. The third time was 1965, wearing a red collar badge and a red hat badge. The fourth time was 1985, which was a transitional outfit. The fifth time was 65438.

In the early days of its establishment, the guard of honor was selected from the recruits trained by the whole army. Since the 1960s, it has been recruited from all over the country. The selection conditions are very harsh, the height 1 meter is above 80, and the weight is about 80 kg. It also requires good facial features, good eyes and so on. The selection conditions even exceed those of pilots and divers.

At present, the height required for the selection of honor guards is between 1.85 and 1.90!