The question was: what are they doing in those photos ?

The correct answer is: they are working, give the edge inflatables that tourists seek to move the water.

Why are they doing? A number of reasons: because the Chinese are not exactly perfect rowers, there is a real danger remain soaked for hours. This option should be avoided also because you pay in advance (like almost everything in China) and if people are more water there is no guarantee of payment, so simply tourists are drawn to shore.

Another interesting thing, and it is why I initially took the picture, is that in the pond there were about 15 dinghies. For each boat for each wire and wire ... a person. So an army of employees! These await tourists, and if there are no tourists ... chat. In China there is a decidedly different view on the necessary staff. At our restaurant or in such situations would work less than a third of those who work here.

The victory is then assigned (unfortunately, the gift was cute), since there was nobody with the exact solution. Have you approached, including boats and ferries .. Then lose yourself in peaches, funerals, underwater animals, textile lake. If you give a read to all attempts , I am sure you will understand how many laughs I've been doing.