Stone mill feng shui

In order to make the rice, wheat and beans they ate into powder for convenience, the working people in ancient China invented a stone tool called a stone mill. A stone mill consists of two toothed grinding fans, usually supported by a table made of stones or bricks. There is a grinding hole in the middle of the gear with neat rows of grinding fans, and the ground grain powder passes down through this hole. Since the Warring States period, there have been all kinds of irregular grinding. Grinding? Only in the Han dynasty was it called. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, graphite gradually developed and matured, and eight-area and ten-area diagonal stone mills appeared.

The inventor recorded in Historical Records is Lu Ban, who mainly used manpower, animal power and water power in ancient times. It invented the water mill method, which installed the stone mill in a place with a large drop of running water, and made the gear rotate through the impact of water, thus pushing the graphite to rotate. The modern transformation of graphite has also made a great breakthrough, combining ancient technology with modern elements and using electric drive, saving manpower and funds and improving output.

It can be seen that graphite also has a good meaning. In ancient times, the composition and placement of graphite had its own elegance. First of all, it is composed of two grinding fans, which should conform to the concept of Yin and Yang in China culture from top to bottom. In ancient culture, the stone mill was the god of the white tiger, so graphite could not be made. Sitting on the stone mill is to hold down the white tiger's head, and disrespect for the gods will be punished. The stone mill is Tai Chi-shaped, which can drive away evil spirits and reverse the magnetic field. It is a good thing for transshipment. It also belongs to ancient kitchenware, which can increase the wealth of women at home if placed on the right side of the home. But the stone mill can't be placed on the left, because the left is the position of the dragon, and the white tiger will suppress the dragon, which is not good for the men at home.

When it comes to stone mills, we all think of donkeys. The stone mill is inseparable from the donkey. There are many allegorical sayings about donkeys and mills in ancient times. Has the old donkey ever eaten the stone mill? Hard mouth, old donkey mill? It's not far away.