Guatang, means hauling in large fishing nets from the bottom of the pond to catch a large amount of fish at once.

At Shenglong Village, Dongsheng Town, there is a professional Guatang Fishermen team headed by villager Chen Fuyuan, with an average age of 50. On the early morning of July 4, they showed Zhongshan Daily their "Guatang life".

Around 3 am, Guatang Fishermen set off with fishing nets. [Photo all by Sun Junjun]

The fishermen arrive at the fish pond they have made an appointment and prepare for setting fishing nets.

Fish in the nets needs to be sorted. Grass craps should be put back to the pond.

Making concerted efforts to haul in the fishing nets.

Both men and women could do such hard work.

The joy of completing the work.

The more fish in the nets, the more efforts they need to pay.

At 5 am, fish-pickup trucks arrive at the pond for delivery.