Lock and container

The utility model discloses a lock and a container. The lock comprises a lock hook, a lock seat and a locking piece; the lock hook comprises an extension part and a blocking part, the plane where the extension part is located intersects with the plane where the blocking part is located, the extension part is connected to the blocking part, and the end, away from the blocking part, of the extension part is used for being connected to the box so that a first interval can exist between the blocking part and the box. The lock seat is connected to a box door; the locking piece is pivotally connected to the lock seat around a pivot axis between a locking position and an unlocking position, the pivot axis is perpendicular to the box door, the locking piece located at the locking position can move into the first interval so as to lock the box door to the box body, and the locking piece located at the unlocking position is used for leaving the first interval. According to the lock, the lock comprises the lock hook, th