Wooden milling tools meet soil-made milling tools – Wild Wulai District Story 2

Early hulling tools made from wood, soil and stone were powered by people, animals, water or some other similar form of force. The advent of mechanically powered milling methods, however, not only caused the rapid demise of traditional milling methods, but also of those people equipped with the knowledge to make such traditional milling tools. Ten years ago, Lin Fu-quan (林福全), Atayal elder from Wulai District, felled a Formosan Michelia tree that he had planted many years earlier. Relying on memories from his younger days, he endeavored to make a wooden mill. Young Miaoli farmer Lai Yong-hua (賴咏華) found out about the situation after some photographs were uploaded to the internet. Passionate about wooden or soil-made milling tools and other such implements, Lai Yong-hua immediately sought out master craftsmen Lin Fu-quan in the hope of learning this dying skill. He also began making an extensive study of producers and collecting related products. Recently, armed with a small usable soil-made mill and 20 kilos of organically grown rice, Lai Yong-hua visited Lin Fu-quan to share his findings and learn from the Atayal elder.

Wooden milling tools meet soil-made milling tools – Wild Wulai District Story 2
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