Qingnang Valley Herbal Notes (30 episodes)
In the herbal garden halfway up Mount Yunwu, morning mist has just rolled over the green tiles and mud walls. As the bamboo curtain of the main room is…
In the herbal garden halfway up Mount Yunwu, morning mist has just rolled over the green tiles and mud walls. As the bamboo curtain of the main room is lifted, the manager is already at the desk counting herb seeds one by one. The young apprentice is sharpening a hoe, claiming to have sharpened it three times while his hand keeps turning on the whetstone. In the terraced fields on the back mountain, an old flower farmer bends down to straighten crooked seedlings, not even looking up as the dew wets his trousers. Throughout the year, they clear new fields, distribute herb seeds, dry bamboo trays, and dig up old roots, getting to know every single herb clearly—which one promotes urination, which one clears heat, and which one needs to be picked while the morning dew is still on it.