There are two kinds of dustpans, one is a shovel-shaped device for loading garbage, the other is a large pinch made of rattan or peeled wicker and bamboo, and there are devices for lifting rice and removing chaff. An appliance made of bamboo or wicker, with edges on three sides and an open side, is used to winnow grain, etc. It is also made of iron and plastic, and is mostly used to remove garbage.

Hand-made dustpan is a famous local product in Zhengning County. This place rich in handmade dustpans is Hetaoyu Village, Zhoujia Town. Its weaving dustpan technology was 1489, which was brought by the ancestors surnamed Yang when they immigrated from Houma Township, Quwo County, Shanxi Province. It has a history of more than 500 years. Walnut valley dustpan is famous for its uniqueness.

Types of dustpan

There are many kinds of dustpans in Hetaoyugou, which are widely used. Its advantages are deep nest, flat palm, no loose particles and no dust, and flat palm is conducive to spreading debris and leaving no stubble. In the farmhouse, dustpan is a necessity of family life. A dustpan can be thrifty for many generations, at least ten years.

The types of dustpan are big dustpan, small dustpan and clean dustpan. A clean dustpan is a small dustpan between a big dustpan and a small dustpan. It has no supporting angle and is mainly used for loading things. With the diversification of daily use, weavers have also produced a variant dustpan, which is upright on three sides and open on one side, with a tongue that spits out waste. This variant dustpan is called a basket, and there is also an external porcelain washbasin similar to our daily use.

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