What does it mean to stand guard?

Standing guard means performing alert tasks at the sentry post.

Standing guard is a manifestation of military activities in the army and an essential procedure for everyone who has served in the army. The purpose is usually to maintain the safety, reception and vigilance of the unit.

There are also different types of posts: border posts stationed at national checkpoints, guard posts for defending important targets, protocol posts for major protocol activities, warning posts in combat and observation posts. From the way of sentry duty, it can also be divided into fixed whistle, swimming whistle, patrol whistle, open whistle, hidden whistle, latent whistle, unarmed whistle and armed whistle.

In order to manage the border, guard the country, and resolutely win the epidemic prevention and control war, there are such a group of "sentinel people" on the 76.5-kilometer border line of Kangping Town, Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Jiangcheng.

They perform the "three guards" task of standing guard, keeping watch and vigil. Whether it is windy or rainy, or scorching sun, or day and night, they stick to the hills, forests and 76.5 kilometers of borders.

They are not professional "border guards", some are farmers, some are self-employed and some are public officials, but after long-term practice and training, they have now become very "professional" and have developed the ability to judge nearby "clues" with their hands, ears, eyes, feet and nose.