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What is water mill powder?

Water milling flour is flour processed by combining water milling and pure manual operation.

Water milling flour is also a model of early human use of natural energy. Because it has not been bleached and perfumed, it is darker than ordinary noodles. But when noodles are made into pots, soup is not easy to thicken and water is not easy to boil. It is tender and powerful in the bowl, fragrant at the entrance, and has a unique flavor.

Water mill, also known as water mill, consists of water diversion channel, water wheel, grinding disc and grinding shaft. Rotating day and night, grinding thousands of pounds, not only saves energy, but also is a pollution-free environmental protection grinding tool.

In the long history of farming civilization in China, in every village in the upper reaches of the river, there is a clear canal flowing along the ridges and cottages. Near the water mill, the water flow accelerates, and the canal water is used as the power to drive the wooden wheel engine stone mill to run around the clock.

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According to reports, Feng Niangao is the twelfth generation descendant of Feng Shuimo. His family still has two ancient water mills, one for grinding noodles and the other for grinding rice. Although these two water mills are no longer in use, the old ones are still well preserved.

There is a canal under Feng's house, and there is a millstone made of wood below. The diameter of the millstone is about 2 meters, and the millstone is also a canal made of wood. Feng Niangao introduced that the water introduced from Tongjiang rushed to the millstone through the wooden canal, and then the millstone drove two water mills on the first floor through the transmission shaft.

"At that time, we lived next to the water mill, and used the water mill to help other villagers grind flour and rice to collect processing fees, and the processing fees were changed into food." Feng Niangao looked at two water mills and said with emotion that water mills were an important tool for grinding flour and rice. Because Tongjiang River is rich in resources, there are more than 100 large and small water mills in Tongjiang River for dozens of kilometers, and Feng Jia water mills have been passed down for more than 200 years.

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