Editing Hubei (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:Hubei Provincial Museum.JPG|thumb|[[Hubei Provincial Museum]]]]
[[File:Hubei-Museum-of-Art-0142.jpg|thumb|Hubei Museum of Art]]
[[File:Hubei Provincial Library.jpg|thumb|Hubei Provincial Library]]

People in Hubei speak [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] dialects; most of these dialects are classified as [[Southwestern Mandarin]] dialects, a group that also encompasses the Mandarin dialects of most of southwestern China.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Perhaps the most celebrated element of [[Hubei cuisine]] is the [[Wuchang bream]], a freshwater [[bream]] that is commonly steamed.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Types of traditional [[Chinese opera]] popular in Hubei include [[Han opera|Hanju]] and [[Chuju (Chinese opera)|Chuju]] ({{zh|c=楚剧 |p=Chǔ Jù |labels=no}}).

The [[Shennongjia]] area is the alleged home of the ''[[Yeren]]'', a wild undiscovered [[Hominidae|hominid]] that lives in the forested hills.

The people of Hubei are given the uncomplimentary nickname "[[Nine-headed Bird]]s" by other Chinese, from a [[Chinese mythology|mythological]] creature said to be very aggressive and hard to kill. ''"In the sky live nine-headed birds. On the earth live Hubei people."'' ({{zh|s=天上九头鸟，地上湖北佬<!--|t=天上九頭鳥，地上湖北佬-->|p=Tiānshàng jiǔ tóu niǎo, dìshàng Húběi lǎo |labels=no}})

[[Wuhan]] is one of the major culture centers in China.

Hubei is thought to be the province that originated the card game of ''[[dou dizhu]]''.