Coming-of-age: Females turn tough soldiers after military service

While September brings new life to students, it also reminds the soon-to-be retired soldiers it's time to wave goodbye to their army days. Here are eight females from Jiangmen Customs of Guangdong Provincial Frontier Defense Corps who are going to be discharged from the army after completing their two years' military service. During the past two years, those real-life Mulan presented a series of outstanding performances with zero mistake. After retirement, some of them will go back to their hometowns, others will choose to study further in military academies. A group of before-and-after comparisons shows their transformation to brave soldiers during their time in military.