The invention discloses an upright rod capable of being erected and lowered depending on manpower. The upright rod provided by the invention mainly comprises a rod body and an erecting device capable of erecting and lowering the rod body, wherein the erecting device mainly comprises a fixed plate fixed with an upright rod base, a bottom plate fixedly linked with the rod body to serve as a lever arm, and a feed screw nut erecting driving mechanism; one side of the bottom plate is hinged with the fixed plate through a hinge structure, and the other side of the bottom plate is hinged with a nut used for forming the erecting driving mechanism through a hinge structure in an action mode; a feed screw used for forming the erecting driving mechanism is arranged on the fixed plate through a hingestructure; and the bottom plate is connected with the fixed plate through a fixed linking structure after the rod body is erected. The upright rod provided by the invention has the advantages that the rod body of the upright rod can be erected and lowered by means of operating the erecting device of the upright rod only depending on the manpower with no need of devices and equipment besides the upright rod, thereby solving the problems of high erecting operation cost for using hoisting equipment in the prior art, coordination operation requirements on multiple persons, large labor strength, poor safety and the like when the upright rod is erected and lowered completely depending on the manpower.