New Year Chronicles of Tingyun Post (33 episodes) - AllShorts
Beside the post road halfway up misty Cloud Peak, a small relay station opens its doors each and every day. In the fresh morning light of spring, the wooden…
Beside the post road halfway up misty Cloud Peak, a small relay station opens its doors each and every day. In the fresh morning light of spring, the wooden door planks are taken down as the young female postmistress reviews the station logbook, directs the cleaning of the hall, and drives new hitching posts into the ground. Her young apprentice sweeps the courtyard in round after round, cheerfully insisting he just finished while diligently wiping down every forgotten corner. Out back in the stables, an old stableman bends low to patch cracks in the feed trough, dewdrops soaking the hem of his trousers without distracting his focus. Throughout the year, they welcome and send off scholars heading for the imperial exams, travelling merchants, and weary wanderers sheltering from the storm, seeing to it that every bowl of hot soup and every stall of fragrant hay is lovingly and flawlessly prepared.