The invention discloses a special lifting appliance for loading and unloading square steel. The special lifting appliance comprises a fixed block and a movable clamping device, wherein movable arms are arranged at the left ends and the right ends of the front side and the rear side of the fixed block, fixed adjusting blocks are arranged at the upper ends of the outer walls of the first movable arms, lifting rod fixing blocks are arranged at the left corners and the right corners of the front side and the rear side of the fixed block, the lifting rod fixing blocks are connected to adjusting rods through lifting rods, a movable clamping device is arranged between fifth movable arms on the same side, and the top of the movable clamping device is connected to a fourth movable arm. According to the appliance, the adjusting rods match the fixed adjusting blocks, so that clamping by the movable clamping device is easily realized, the front and the rear of the fixed block are provided with movable arms, the lifting effect of the lifting appliance is improved, meanwhile, lifting stability is improved, the stress per unit area is reduced, damage to a coating on the surface of square steel during lifting is avoided, the fixing effect of the device on the square steel is improved, and the lifting appliance is more stable and safer to use.