The Canton Flowerboats

Two pictures today, to get your week started right, of the infamous Canton Flowerboats of what is now referred to as Guangzhou. The flower boats, floating brothels basically, lasted on the Pearl River right up until the 1930s – of course they came in various levels – straight shagging boats, boats where you got a bit of dinner and a sing-song etc etc. Originally they rather nicely took you for a little voyage up and down the river so you could get a shag while enjoying a breeze in Canton’s humid summers.