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Preface
Our country has a very long history, which is something that the whole world knows, in the long river of history, our ancestors used wisdom to manufacture many practical and convenient "good things", although these have been eliminated backward products, but there are always some things that can be passed down to this day, and I don't know what kind of impression we have on the "dustpan" made of bamboo?
Speaking of dustpans, there may be one or two in many families in the mainland, this kind of dustpan made of bamboo is not a rare thing in the mainland, and sometimes you can buy one for more than a dozen yuan on the side of the road, but do you imagine that the dustpan of the mainland's "rotten street" can be bought for 2,000 US dollars in the United States?
One of the most famous household products in China is the dustpan
For this kind of thing, the impression of this kind of dustpan may not be very deep in the impression of these generations of young people, because they have fewer opportunities to use dustpans, but for friends in the seventies and eighties or even nineties, dustpans are probably very familiar, and many people will feel excited when they see dustpans.
Because the use of dustpans is more special, it is the time when the crops need to be harvested every year, and it should be the most exciting time in the countryside every year, and the importance of dustpans at this time will also be reflected, especially in some areas in the north of the mainland, you can use dustpans to easily sort out agricultural products such as grain and grains.
Even friends who have not actually used the dustpan should have seen it in some film and television works, and the dustpan needs to be "sifted" back and forth when it is used, so that the unclean impurities in crops such as grains can be "sieved out", so as to make the crops cleaner.
Don't think that the action of sifting the dustpan is very laborious, if there are friends who have really operated it, it should be clear that working with the dustpan will not only not be very tiring, but even very interesting, and will also test people's hand and foot coordination, only in this way can the crops in the dustpan be cleaned up.
The dustpan should be used most often in the harvest of corn, but don't think that the dustpan can only be used in this situation, let's review some of the history of the dustpan is clear, when the text did not appear when the dustpan had a prototype, which was also found in the process of archaeologists exploring.
According to the relevant information, when people were still using stone tools (about 8,000 years ago), dustpans have appeared in people's lives, but the dustpans at that time were not made of bamboo, but made of more common straw.
With the production and use of dustpans, people at that time found this kind of energy-saving and convenient good things, and slowly dustpans have been handed down, that is to say, dustpans have a very long history in the mainland "old objects", but in the process of evolution, people slowly changed the way of making dustpans.
The most intuitive point is that the dustpan used by people now is basically made of bamboo, which is also improved in order to be able to preserve and use it for a longer time, and the overall shape of the dustpan is also the kind of existence like a "bucket", which is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancestors of the mainland.
If you talk about people who can make dustpans, they are definitely old craftsmen, if you don't have a few brushes in your hands, you really can't make this kind of fine objects, this technology is the bamboo weaving technology that has been passed down in the mainland for a long time, and now this era is still the older generation in the countryside who know how to make dustpans.
If you understand the principle of the dustpan, you will understand why people like this product so much, because the dustpan is made of bamboo, and the made dustpan has the effect of air circulation, which is why people put the grain into the dustpan can achieve a good drying effect.
In the process of making a dustpan, the first thing is to choose some slender bamboo, if the width of the bamboo is relatively wide, it is impossible to weave together, and people also need to process the selected bamboo, and finally get some bamboo silk that is both delicate and delicate, so that you can make a dustpan.
But don't think that this way of making is relatively simple, although it does not exist a relatively difficult method, but it is still very difficult to weave so many bamboo wires together to make it present a "bucket" shape, and I admire those craftsmen very much here!
In the United States, it can be sold for 2,000 yuan in Chinese dustpans
With the development of globalization, many old objects on the mainland have slowly spread to all parts of the world, but can you imagine that the dustpan, a thing for daily use, has spread to the United States and can be sold for about 2,000 yuan in the United States? This is indeed not an exaggeration but a real thing.
There are some vloggers living in the United States, and they have customized some special dustpans, which are also shaped like "shoulder bags", which also made some merchants in the United States see it, so they thought that they could imitate the dustpan to make some products, and finally sell them at a good price.
In the hands of those American merchants, the dustpan is like letting them give a "myth", they said in the process of introduction, how difficult it is to make this dustpan, it is also an ancient cultural product from China, and some handmade dustpan videos, all of a sudden made the dustpan popular abroad.
Due to this situation, the dustpan that basically every household in our country has become a rare good thing in their mouths, and the merchants are also very good at doing business, which makes this kind of foreigners look very tall and valuable things, because they directly package the dustpan, as if it is a private customized item.
After the dustpan spread in the United States, there are very many people who want to buy such a "work of art", which also makes the dustpan appear "out of stock" in the United States, if this kind of thing is put in China, 2000 US dollars can buy a truckload of dustpans, right? But don't think that this is the limit of foreigners, the dustpan they buy back is not used.
After these Americans bought the dustpan back home, for this cherished "baby" is simply a state of holding in the palm of the hand, not to mention the use of even knocking and touching will be distressed, many Americans will see the dustpan as a kind of art decoration placed at home, hoping to show that they know how to collect.
I have to say that this situation still seems very strange, if anyone in our country hangs a dustpan and uses it as an ornament, then there are definitely very many people who do not understand this behavior, but the situation described above is not the whole situation, there are also some elderly people abroad who will use the dustpan as a product, including the United States.
This situation is also very understandable, after all, the mainland has such a long history and culture, and the dustpan in the production of Guo Heng is indeed more laborious, people in other countries have not seen this kind of product before, so it is understandable to see the dustpan as a very rare treasure, and the labor cost is too high abroad, it is estimated that no one wants to make some dustpans by hand.
In fact, the situation in the United States can be understood now when you think about it, after all, in their opinion, the high-end handicraft product of the dustpan should be very precious, just like those high-end custom clothes, bags or some products, and slowly the dustpan has gradually become popular abroad.
But will they be shocked to know that the dustpan that is incomparably precious in their eyes can be bought or even cheaper in our country for only a few tens of yuan? And the existence of the dustpan is also the epitome of our Chinese culture and a manifestation of our cultural heritage.
Conclusion
In fact, dustpans are not only popular in the United States, but also in other countries, and in addition to dustpans, there are many old objects in the mainland that have been circulated abroad.
These old objects that go abroad can basically be sold at a very high price, and whenever I think of this kind of thing, I will consider, is this a manifestation of our Chinese culture?