China ‘cloudscape observer’ mist-monitoring job ends; resort plans more similar campaigns
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Wed, 19 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post01:28first to report
A Chinese tourist site recently concluded a month-long position that paid 60,000 yuan (US$8,900) to live on a mountaintop, observe the cloudscape, and share daily videos of the sea of clouds. On July 8, the Laojun Mountain Scenic Area in central China’s Henan province posted a recruitment ad for a “cloudscape observer” to work from July 16 to August 15. The Laojun Mountain Scenic Area is one of China’s most renowned sacred Taoist mountains, boasting over 2,000 years of history. It is believed...
Fri, 21 August 2026
1 report- globaltimes.cn17:30
For 30 days, Li Sichen got up before sunrise on top of Laojun Mountain, camera in hand, chasing clouds across the peaks. Some mornings, the sea of clouds rolled in before breakfast; on others, he had to keep moving, checking one viewpoint after another in search of a patch of mist worth filming. By the time he got back to the foot of the mountain, the 22-year-old had spent a month watching the same landscape change by the hour - all for a job that had first caught the internet's attention for...