The invention provides a lifting appliance for hoisting a reactor core guide column in the field of lifting tools. The lifting appliance comprises a clamping jaw mounting base, at least two clamping jaws used for clamping the reactor core guide column are hinged to the outer side of the clamping jaw mounting base, and the upper end of the clamping jaw mounting base is fixedly connected with an inner lining, the outer side of the inner lining is sleeved with a clamping sleeve capable of moving up and down in the height direction, a sliding opening is formed in the clamping jaw mounting base, the clamping jaw mounting base is connected with a reset bolt through the sliding opening, the reset bolt can slide along the sliding opening, the sides, opposite to the clamping jaws, of the reset boltabut against the clamping jaws, the reset bolt is sleeved with a reset spring, one end of the reset spring is fixedly connected to the reset bolt, and the other end of the reset spring is connected to the clamping jaw mounting base. The lifting appliance is convenient to use and high in safety and can be applied to hoisting work of the reactor core guide column.