Li returns to his dormitory after a day's work on Huangshan Mountain. [Photo provided to China Daily]
In 2022, Li established a workshop at the foot of Lotus Peak after he and his colleague Hu Xiaochun, a guardian of Huangshan's 10-meter tall, 1,300-year-old "Guest-Greeting Pine", received a letter on Aug 13 from President Xi Jinping.
In the letter, Xi praised their long and dedicated efforts keeping the mountain clean and tending to the "Guest-Greeting Pine", a key feature of Huangshan Mountain Scenic Area.
Li said that the workshop is a place for cleaners to rest and communicate, as well as a dispatch station to send out cleaners or help travelers to pick up personal belongings dropped on the cliffs.