There are different names for dustpan, and the specific forms and usage scenarios are also different. In northern China, a dustpan generally refers to a square wickerwork vessel, which is closed on three sides and has a tongue on one side, and is used to remove impurities from grains during harvesting. The dustpan can also be used to harvest millet, soybeans, peanuts and so on. There is also a round basket with a small hole at the bottom, which is generally called a sieve in the north. As for dustpan and dustpan, the north generally refers to the tools for storing garbage.
Development history
The dustpan has a long history in China. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word "utensil" is written in the shape of a dustpan. Its original meaning refers to a kind of bamboo and wood utensil for lifting rice and removing chaff, namely a dustpan. Later, as a pronoun, the word "qi" was specially coined to mean "dustpan".
"dustpan" is also the name of the star. It is one of the 28 places. The dustpan-shaped dustpan consists of four bright stars. The Analects of Confucius: Wei Zi was a slave to it, and Ji Zi died after remonstration.
Ji Zi is Zhou Wang's uncle. According to Records of the Historian, Ji Zi later established Jizi Korea, which was called dynasty or sub-dynasty in history and became an early Korean dynasty that existed for nearly a thousand years.