Editing Hunan (section)

== Culture ==
{{main|Culture of Hunan}}As of 2022, Hunan's culture and related industries achieved an added value of CN¥250.65 billion (US$37.27 billion), accounting for 5.27% of the province's GDP. Among them, the added value of cultural services was CN¥150.20 billion (US$22.33 billion), the added value of cultural manufacturing was CN¥78.28 billion (US$11.64 billion), the added value of cultural wholesale and retail was CN¥22.17 billion (US$3.30 billion).<ref name="culture1">{{cite web|url=http://tjj.hunan.gov.cn/hntj/tjgz/tjyw/sjyw/202402/t20240219_32875292.html |title=zh: 2022年湖南文化及相关产业增加值占GDP比重为5.27% |publisher=hunan.gov.cn |date=February 19, 2024 |access-date=July 29, 2024}}</ref>

In 2023, there are 655 art groups, 149 mass art galleries and cultural centers, 148 public libraries, 180 museums and memorial halls, 108 radio and television stations, 5.853 million cable TV users, and 27.441 million fiber optic Internet broadband users all connected to cable TV. The comprehensive population coverage rate of radio is 99.43%, and the comprehensive population coverage rate of television is 99.77%. There are 137 national intangible cultural heritage protection lists and 410 provincial intangible cultural heritage protection lists. 12,078 books, 235 periodicals, and 44 newspapers have been published, with a total print run of 590 million books, 80 million periodicals, and 500 million newspapers.<ref name="GDPdata" />

=== Language ===
Hunan is a region with complex dialects. The dialects in the province include [[Xiang Chinese|Xiang]], [[Southwestern Mandarin]], [[Gan Chinese|Gan]], [[Hakka Chinese|Hakka]], and some local dialects whose identities have not yet been determined, such as [[Xiangnan Tuhua]] and [[Waxiang Chinese|Waxiang dialect]]. In areas where ethnic minorities live, many people can speak their own ethnic language and communicate in Chinese.
[[File:辣椒酱.jpg|left|thumb|248x248px|[[Yongfeng chili sauce]]]]

=== Cuisine ===
[[Hunan cuisine|Hunanese cuisine]] is noted for its near-ubiquitous use of [[chili pepper]]s, [[garlic]], and [[shallot]]s. These ingredients give rise to a distinctive dry-and-spicy ({{zh|labels=no|c=干辣 |p=gānlà}}) taste,<ref name="Eats">{{Cite web|url=https://www.seriouseats.com/2015/02/introduction-hunan-chinese-cuisine.html|title=A Song of Spice and Fire: The Real Deal With Hunan Cuisine|last=Eats|first=Serious|website=www.seriouseats.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605003426/https://www.seriouseats.com/2015/02/introduction-hunan-chinese-cuisine.html|archive-date=2019-06-05|url-status=live}}</ref> with dishes such as smoked cured ham and stir-fried spicy beef being prime examples of the flavor.<ref name="Eats"/>

=== Music ===
[[Huaguxi]] is a local form of [[Chinese opera]] that is very popular in Hunan province.