Sometimes on TV, or in some remote mountain villages, local people can often be seen grinding beans and other grains with stone mills. In fact, a long time ago, this kind of millstone was a very common object in rural areas, but with the popularization of mechanization, it was gradually marginalized and even eliminated. A long time ago, the millstone was of inestimable value to mankind. At that time, when I wanted to grind food, I usually used this. For example, almost all kinds of flour and spice noodles are ground with a millstone. Of course, stone mills are also divided into different sizes. The bigger one is pulled by livestock, and the smaller one can do it. However, with the passage of time, in the age of science and technology, stone tools will eventually disappear.

The millstone is valuable for collection.

Although there are few people using stone mills in rural areas now, it is mainly because there are no livestock at home and it is difficult to push them by manpower. It is better to polish them with machines. However, in the eyes of many people, the millstone is, after all, something left by our ancestors. After so many years of wind and rain, apart from the feelings that we can't give up, it still has certain collection value. Many rural millstones may have a history of hundreds of years, with traces of time on them. Maybe hundreds of years later, they can leave some stories for future generations.

The millstone can add pastoral flavor.

Why do some people like to live in a farmhouse? Mainly because of the traffic habits of the city, there are conflicts in my heart. That's why I will go out in my spare time to see the beautiful scenery and smell the birds and flowers in the countryside. And what is the most symbolic thing in the countryside? Donkeys pull the stone mill, cook in a big stove, have a warm kang in winter and so on. Therefore, the countryside without a stone mill, like the delicacy without spices, will always lose something.

A millstone can also grind things.

Although many farmers have come to like the convenience brought by science and technology, for some old farmers, the stone mill is still an indispensable part. When they grind flour, they still like to use a stone mill. Maybe they like the process. Similarly, the powder ground by a stone mill is definitely different from the powder ground by a machine, so there are many unspeakable smells in the taste.

Stone mill is the precious wealth left by our ancestors and the crystallization of wisdom imagined by the ancients many years later. Therefore, if you want to ask what value the stone mill has at the moment when science and technology are developed, you can only say that it cannot be valued. This is a spiritual sustenance of rural people and a treasure of ancient culture in China. Maybe many years later, when the countryside is urbanized, the old people at that time can popularize to the children what the countryside was like before through the stone mill.