🏮Tonight we step quietly into a peaceful moment from the past in ancient China. In this gentle sleep story, a senior clerk and his newly appointed aide begin at the East Gate canal of Tang Chang'an before sunrise, with mist drifting over moored boats and stone embankments. They walk through ward roads, market perimeters, and temple lanes as the city wakes in measured routines, from lifted gate bolts to the hush before the market drum. Pale morning light gathers over water and worn stone, and the ordered capital settles into calm daylight.

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

Chapters

00:00 Welcome

01:42 Sleep story begins

03:15 The Eastern Gate Landing Before Dawn

08:14 Entering The Walled Chang'an City

11:32 The Clerk's Memory Of The Whole City

16:47 Water, Marks, And Measured Work

19:08 At The Market Gates Before Official Opening

22:59 Listening Near Temple Lanes

26:21 Along The Grand Central Avenue (Zhuque Avenue) At Sunrise

29:15 The Clerk's Quiet Reflection

31:37 Returning To The Annex Desk in Imperial City

33:41 Mist Over Water, Mist Over Stone

36:41 Daylight Settles Over Chang'an

37:50 Goodnight

39:04 Night Ambience

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