Tonight, we step quietly into South Village, a small village at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, just south of Chang'an, nearly 1,300 years ago, at the height of the Tang Dynasty.

A rice farmer from South Village steps out before dawn to walk his paddy fields in the last quiet days before the autumn harvest.

He moves along the narrow earthen paths between the rows, checking the water channels while morning mist sits low and still over the paddies. As the light comes slowly down from the mountain ridgeline, it finds the golden grain bending in its long rows, patient, full and still.

Settle in, relax, and drift gently into sleep. 😴

Chapters

00:00 Welcome

01:38 Sleep story begins

28:37 Goodnight

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