[Explanation] In the hot summer, the water park has become a good place for citizens to escape the heat and cool off.
When people are enjoying the fun of surfing and surfing, there is a group of people guarding the pool with the scorching sun above their heads. They stare at the tourists who are playing in the water and dare not slack off. These people are the lifeguards of the pool.
On August 4, the highest temperature in the central urban area of Chongqing reached 40°C.
In the sweltering heat, the Caribbean Sea World in Nanshan, Chongqing ushered in a peak of passenger flow. Tens of thousands of people came to the park to play and surf and enjoy the coolness of summer.
In the wave valley of the park, artificial waves are created at every hour. This time is the most nervous moment for lifeguards.
With a whistle in their left hand and a life baton in their right, they were highly focused.
Children who like to play and people who can't swim are the key protection objects of lifeguards.
[Concurrent] Lifeguard Tan Jianbo
In our wave valley, we usually make waves once an hour. When making waves, we will keep our eyes on the water surface.
If a large buoyancy device capsizes, we will rescue it as soon as possible, help tourists to get on the buoyancy device, and ensure the safety of tourists.
[Explanation] The 27-year-old Tan Jianbo grew up by the riverside. He likes swimming. He took the lifeguard qualification certificate during college.
After graduation, he applied for a job as a lifeguard in a water park.
Tan Jianbo stared at the surface of the water with the scorching sun on his head every day for six or seven hours.
In the Valley of the Waves, he jumped into the water as a big wave rushed in and rescued a tourist who had just fallen from an inflatable float.
Like this kind of rescue behavior, he has to experience hundreds of times every day.
[Concurrent] Tourist Liu Hong
The weather was hot, and then we went to the water park to play.
I don't know how to swim either, even if there is a lifeguard, I feel very safe.
[Explanation] Under the scorching sun, Tan Jianbo's face and bare skin were very tanned. Although the work was very hard, he loved it very much.
Tan Jianbo said that it is his duty to protect life, and every time he helps tourists, he feels a sense of accomplishment.
[Concurrent] Lifeguard Tan Jianbo
Chongqing is very hot these days, and there are a lot of tourists surfing in the Caribbean. Although we have been standing in the sun, we are not afraid of hardship or fatigue, all to ensure the safety of tourists.
Our motto is: Visitors are safe and we are happy.
[Explanation] In addition to the key areas of Hailang Valley, the water park also has more than 20 water amusement facilities. The park is equipped with nearly 200 lifeguards, who are stationed at various points in shifts every day to ensure the safety of tourists.
[Concurrent] Wu Peng, director of the park operation department
We have a professional life-saving team here. From the early stage of construction, we have strictly checked it.
First of all, we require lifeguards to have a healthy physique and must also hold a professional qualification certificate issued by the state.
[Commentary] The lifeguards are under the scorching sun every day, silently guarding the safety of everyone in the water. When others need help, they will jump into the water to rescue them without hesitation.
In hot weather, they are the most beautiful workers.
Reporter Xiao Jiangchuan reports from Chongqing
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]