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There is a special snack in Hainan called Yantan, which is commonly known as "Jiba" locally. To make Yantan, you need glutinous rice milk. Now you can buy glutinous rice flour in supermarkets. The glutinous rice flour and cold water can be mixed and kneaded to make Yan Tan skin. However, in the 1990s, there was no such advanced equipment to make glutinous rice flour. In the countryside, people had to use stone mills to grind Yan Tan. 02

The stone mill is made of two round stones, usually made of stone. The stone mill has two flat layers, and the joints of the two layers have textures. The grain enters the middle of the two layers from the stone grinding holes on the upper layer. With the push of manpower, the grain moves outward with the texture and rolls through the two layers. When ground, it forms a powder or slurry. 03

In Hainan, swallows are made during every festival, but not every household has a stone mill, so you will find that whenever there is a festival, women gather in groups carrying two We go to the house of a person with a stone mill and line up to grind glutinous rice slurry. You help me pour the rice, and I help you grind the rice. We help each other. It's full of laughter and laughter, but not lively. 04

Now that machinery has replaced stone mills, stone mills have gradually been abandoned. As long as you go to the countryside, you will find that the stone mills abandoned in the corners have become dull after being exposed to wind, sun and rain. There are many pits and pits, but no one knows that it was also very loved back then. 05

Some people say that stone grinding is not a tool, but a kind of nostalgia.