The People's Liberation Army Honor Guard was established before the founding of New China. Who was the first mission for?

Before the official founding of New China, the Honor Guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army had been established and had performed protocol tasks many times. In Yan'an during the Anti-Japanese War, the honor guard organized by the Eighth Route Army had been inspected by foreign military delegations many times. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the People's Liberation Army Honor Guard has always followed the pace of the times and continued to make changes to improve itself. 1. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first mission of the honor guard

The establishment of the honor guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army can be traced back to before the founding of the People's Republic of China. On February 25, 1946, as the special envoy of US President Truman, Marshall will inspect various places in Yan'an. To this end, the central government decided to form a 500-person honor guard to perform reception tasks.

The munitions department collected baize military uniforms made in Yan'an; the ordnance department collected newer "38 big cover" rifles. Five hundred honor guards lined up majestically, with more than 150 people in each company, composed of company commander, military flag team, small artillery squad, heavy machine gun squad, first row, second row, and third row. The infantry platoon consists of the platoon leader with a light machine gun squad and three infantry squads. Officers and flag bearers are all equipped with shell guns, while riders are equipped with Japanese-made 38-guns; small artillery squads are equipped with Japanese-made grenade launchers; heavy machine gun squads are equipped with Japanese-made 92 heavy machine guns and light machine gun squads are equipped with Japanese crooked handles machine gun. The entire battalion, below the captain, all wears fine cloth Eighth Route Army military uniforms, a cylindrical hat with a blue sky and white sun cap badge on the head, a "18GA" (Eighteenth Group Army) armband on the left arm, leggings, white socks, and black cloth shoes.

On March 4, 1946, the honor guard was reviewed by Chinese and foreign leaders. This is the first protocol mission of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Honor Guard. 2. The first mission of the honor guard after the founding of the People's Republic of China

After the founding of New China, many countries have announced the establishment of diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. On October 16, 1949, not long after the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, the People's Republic of China welcomed Roshen, the Soviet Ambassador to China, the first foreign guest after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In order to reflect the country's friendship with the first foreign guest, it was decided to form an honor guard to welcome this visit. The Guard Battalion of the Public Security Guard Division was responsible for the formation of the honor guard.

Due to time constraints, resource constraints, and environmental constraints, there was no time to make formal attire for the temporarily formed honor guard. They could only wear captured Japanese army woolen uniforms on their upper bodies, breeches, riding boots, and steel helmets on their heads. , holding a bayonet-type 38-type rifle, using this equipment to complete the welcome mission. 3. The Honor Guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was formally established

On June 29, 1953, according to the instructions, the Ministry of Public Security decided to reorganize the guard battalion directly under the Public Security Guard Division into the "Honorary Guard Battalion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Public Security Guard Division". Since then, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Honor Guard has been formally established and used to perform the duties of guard of honor at major events of the party, the country, and the military.

Due to economic difficulties and lack of materials when New China was founded, ceremonial costumes mostly followed the old style, which were simple and patchwork. From the ceremonial dress with military rank markings that was first configured in 1955 based on the Soviet model, to the 65-style simple military uniforms that were later abolished after the military rank system was abolished, they are all typical signs of staged reforms.

The positioning and design of the costumes of the honor guard in the 2015 military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War should be the most mature logo creation to date and a milestone. Of course, as a dynamic national image, the design of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's ceremonial costumes will not remain static and needs to fulfill its mission and responsibilities through continuous innovation.