Why These Chinese Sanitation Workers Dress Like Spider-Man

You might think this is just some gimmick. But it’s more than that. Much more. The Spider-Man outfits are a reminder these two men are risking their lives. Website Zhangjiakou Online and ShanghaiIst are reporting that sanitation workers Liu Jiancheng and Zhang Chengqing have recently changed uniforms from this: To this: Not just because Spider-Man is rad. The two work on Taihang mountain in Henan province, keeping it nice and clean. The two brave men have the difficult job of climbing on the side of 500-foot cliffs to pick up trash.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1650204447","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"kotaku-east","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"kotaku-east","TAGS":"spider-man","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); The Spider-Man sanitation workers have become popular with tourists. But, this isn’t just to delight visitors. According to bureau that heads up the mountain’s environmental protection, the Spider-Man outfits were designed to make the workers’ dangerous job more visible, and thus, serve as a reminder not to litter. When visitors do, that Y1 Games means that Liu and Y1 com Zhang must risk their lives to collect the rubbish. Because with garbage, comes lots of climbing. Brave folks. 河南景区环卫工扮”蜘蛛侠”悬崖上捡垃圾 [Zhangjiakou Online] Look: Spider-man out collecting trash on the Y1 apk mountainside in Henan [ShanghaiIst] Photos: Zhangjiakou Online To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.