What does Mao Sweeping mean?

There are two different meanings of "hair sweeping":

1. Sweeping the house, also known as sweeping the dust, is one of the traditional Chinese folk customs for the New Year. Before the busy year is mainly to get rid of the old and new as the theme of activities, dust sweeping is the end of the year cleaning, the South said "sweeping house", the North said "sweeping room".

2. Mao push and Mao sweep are both traditional Chinese equestrian activities, a way to train and exercise military horses. Hair push refers to the use of a horse whip or bamboo stick to gently hit the horse's body, stimulating it to accelerate forward; hair sweep is to use a brush to gently beat the horse's body, driving the horse to stimulate blood circulation and improve the horse's vitality.