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Hunan

Food, people, places, craft, landscape, seasons
and contemporary life — a province in motion.

CapitalChangsha

Local name湖南 · Húnán

RiverXiang River

Our approachMany lives, not one flavor

BEGIN IN HUNAN

A Bowl of Rice Noodles Before the City Wakes Up

In Changsha, the day can begin with a bowl that does not ask you to slow down. Rice noodles arrive hot; the person eating them has somewhere to be. Yet breakfast offers a few minutes in whic

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FIRST FOUR STORIES

One province, many ways in.

Taste

What gathers around the table

Taste · Hunan · September 20, 2026

The Hunan Tea Made for a Long Journey

Some teas are made to be opened quickly. Anhua dark tea carries the shape of distance. It is a post-fermented tea from Anhua County, in Hunan — and its most recognizable forms, the pressed

BY Xuheng Xiao

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Places

Life shaped by landscape

Places · Hunan · September 20, 2026

When Zhangjiajie Disappears into the Clouds

Here is a piece of travel advice nobody gives you before Zhangjiajie: leave room for rain.

BY Xuheng Xiao

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Traditions

What is still practised

Traditions · Hunan · September 20, 2026

Why Is the Tiger the Heart of Xiang Embroidery?

The tiger is a memorable face of 湘绣 (Xiāng xiù), Hunan's embroidery tradition, because its makers learned to make fur seem to lift from silk. Look closely at the eye: many shades of thread c

BY Xuheng Xiao

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Hunan

A Bowl of Rice Noodles Before the City Wakes Up

One province, many ways in.

What gathers around the table

The Hunan Tea Made for a Long Journey

Life shaped by landscape

When Zhangjiajie Disappears into the Clouds

What is still practised

Why Is the Tiger the Heart of Xiang Embroidery?

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