A broom is called a broom and a dustpan is called a dustpan.
Main types:
There are many kinds of dustpans in Hetaoyu Valley, which are widely used. Its advantages are deep nest, flat palm, no grain scattering and winnowing. Palm flat is conducive to broadcasting sundries, leaving no residue, so as to change. In a farmhouse, a dustpan is a necessity in family life. A dustpan can be used sparingly for many generations, at least for more than ten years.
The varieties of dustpans are big dustpans, small dustpans and clean dustpans. Clean dustpan is a small dustpan between large dustpan and small dustpan, which has no supporting angle and is mainly used for loading things. With the diversification of daily use, weavers also produce a variant dustpan.
This dustpan stands upright on three sides, with one side open, and it has a tongue for "spitting waste". This variant dustpan is called a basket, and it has a foreign porcelain washbasin that is similar to our daily use. In terms of capacity, there are big baskets and small baskets, and in terms of shape, there are square baskets, round baskets and rectangular baskets. From the purpose, there are steamed bread baskets, sewing baskets, dry tobacco baskets and so on.