TextandphotographsbyWangJiePhotoscourtesyofChinesePhotographersSociety
Shanghai’smagnificentcityscapeisbreathtaking.Yet,itwouldbeknownforawholeothersceneifitspavementwastransparent:Underneaththestreetsiswhat’sknownasthecity’s“intestinaltract”:aninterwovenmunicipalsewersystem.Thestreetssometimesgetfloodedwithsewagewhenanypartofthesystemgetsstuck.
Therefore,agroupof“subterraneandoctors”treattheunderground“intestinaltract”whenitsuffersindigestion,somethingmostpeoplehopetoneverwitness.
Hailedasunderground“frogmen”incities,suchheroesusuallywearheavy,airtightdivingsuitstounclogthenarrow,darksewagepipes.