watermills

The flour milling industry developed quickly in the Tang Dynasty . For example , there were many watermills belonged to the government and private persons all over the country .

唐代面粉加工业发展迅速，官方和私人碾硙遍及全国各地。

The use of watermills spread to manufacturing industry from the corn processing department in late middle ages , in which the fulling mills were the most popular .

中世纪晚期水力坊的功能从粮食加工部门延伸至工业生产领域，其中以水力漂洗坊应用最为广泛。

It discusses the watermills in middle ages in detail especially the mills for corn grinding , which takes the use of watermills in Roman ages as its background , and the watermills in China as its reference .

以罗马时期水力坊的应用为背景，以中国古代社会水车的使用为参照，对中世纪的水力坊，特别是这一时期广泛用于碾磨谷物的水力谷物坊进行详细论述。