Palace Guards. How are they trained (and agree) to stand still for hours? How do they endure it?

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And also why do they still exist? Can’t a regular soldier do the same thing?

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Answer 1

There is a monument in Taiwan, probably to Sun Yat Sen, and there are two guards standing at the entrance facing each other. When I went there I was checking out their shined up black M1 Garands and noticed that one guard was facing the sun and his eyes were red and tears were pouring out of them. The guy literally had to look into the sun with his eyes open! That can’t be good!