Editing Wuhan (section)

== Culture ==
The plum blossom is the city's emblem, chosen partly because of the long history of local plum cultivation and use, and partly to recognize the plum's current economic significance in terms of cultivation and research. Local wild plums were used medicinally during the [[Qin dynasty|Qin]] and [[Han dynasty|Han]] dynasties. Cultivation of the fruit began during the [[Song dynasty]]. Some traditional new year customs revolve around the planting of plums.

===Language===
{{Main|Wuhan dialect}}
Wuhan natives speak a variety of [[Southwestern Mandarin]] Chinese referred to as Wuhan dialect that differs slightly between the districts of Wuhan, including Wuchang dialect in Wuchang District, Hankou dialect in the Hankou districts, Hanyang dialect in Hanyang District, and Qingshan dialect in Qingshan District.

===Cuisine===
[[File:Hot Dry Noodles.jpg|thumb|Hot Dry Noodles]]
{{main|Hubei cuisine}}
Hubei cuisine is one of [[Chinese regional cuisine|China's ten major styles of cooking]]. With a history of more than 2,000 years, Hubei cuisine, originating in ancient Chu cuisine, has developed a number of distinctive dishes, such as steamed blunt-snout bream in clear soup, preserved ham with flowering Chinese cabbage, and others. On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, many in Wuhan eat {{transliteration|zh|dìcài zhǔ jīdàn}} ({{lang|zh-hans|地菜煮鸡蛋}}), an egg dish which is supposed to prevent illness in the coming year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://xw.qq.com/hb/20180419008684/HBC2018041900868400 |title=三月三吃地菜煮鸡蛋能治头痛？专家：可防流感 |access-date=April 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419121259/https://xw.qq.com/hb/20180419008684/HBC2018041900868400 |archive-date=April 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

"No need to be particular about the recipes; all foods have their own uses. [[Rice wine]] and [[tangyuan (food)|tangyuan]] are excellent midnight snacks, while fat bream and flowering Chinese cabbages are great delicacies."<ref>Hankou Zhuzhici (an ancient book recording stories about Wuhan) produced during the Daoguang Period of the [[Qing dynasty]]</ref> This attitude expressed in ''Hankou Zhuzhici'' reflects indirectly the eating habits and a wide variety of distinctive snacks with a long history in Wuhan, such as Qingshuizong (a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves) in the Period of the Warring States, Chunbinbian in Northern and Southern dynasties, mung bean jelly in the Sui dynasty, youguo (a deep-fried twisted dough stick) in the Song and Yuan dynasties, rice wine and mianwo in the Ming and Qing dynasties, as well as three-delicacy stuffed skin of bean milk,{{Clarify|reason=Whatever term this is meant to translate, it's not doing it in understandable English.|date=December 2018}} tangbao (steamed dumpling filled with minced meat and gravy) and hot braised noodles (reganmian) in modern times.

''Guozao'' ({{linktext|lang=zh-hant|過早}}) is a popular way to say 'having breakfast' in Wuhan, and a part of the city's culture. As a hub for land transport in China, Wuhan has gathered and mixed together various habits and customs from neighboring cities and provinces in all directions, which gives rise to a concentration of diverse cuisines from different places. The most famous place to ''guozao'' (have breakfast) is Hubu Street ({{lang|zh-hans|戶部巷}}), a 150-meter-long street in the neighborhood of Simenkou ({{lang|zh-hans|司门口}}). Along its short length one can find nearly all the traditional foods of Wuhan, such as:

[[File:Mianwo.JPG|thumb|[[Mianwo]], a donut-shaped snack from Wuhan]]
* [[Re gan mian|Hot and dry noodles]], ''re-gan mian'' ({{linktext|lang=zh-hans|热干面}}), consists of long freshly boiled noodles mixed with sesame paste. It is considered to be the most typical local food for breakfast.
* [[Wuhan duck|Duck's neck]] or ''Ya Bozi'' ({{lang|zh-hans|鸭脖子}}) is a local version of this popular Chinese dish, made of duck necks and spices.
* Bean skin or ''[[doupi]]'' ({{lang|zh|豆皮}}) is a local dish with a filling of egg, rice, beef, mushrooms and beans cooked between two large round soybean skins and cut into pieces, structurally like a stuffed pizza without enclosing edges.
* [[Xiaolongbao#Related varieties|Soup dumpling]] or ''xiaolongtangbao'' ({{lang|zh-hans|小笼汤包}}) is a kind of dumpling with thin skin made of flour, steamed with very juicy meat inside, hence the name: ''tang'' (soup) ''bao'' (bun) – every time one takes a bite from it the "soup" inside is liable to spill out.
* A salty doughnut or ''[[mianwo]]'' ({{lang|zh-hant|麪窩}}) is a kind of savory donut with a salty taste. It is much thinner than a common donut and is a typical Wuhan local food.
* Shaomai wrapped in oil cake (油饼包烧麦): 1 oil cake is filled with 4 pieces of heavy oil siomai, and the heavy oil is required to put diced meat, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and black pepper in it.
* Paste Soup Noodles (糊汤粉): It is a snack variety that uses round rice noodles as the main ingredient, fish paste soup, small shrimp, and chopped green onion as accessories.

===Opera===
[[Han opera]], which is the local opera of Wuhan area, was one of China's oldest and most popular operas. During the late Qing dynasty, Han opera, blended with Hui opera, gave birth to Peking opera, the most popular opera in modern China. Thus Han opera has been called the "mother of Peking opera".<ref>{{cite web |script-title=zh:武汉汉剧传人与大师隔空对唱经典 |url=http://www.wuhanews.com/read/67.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211455/http://www.wuhanews.com/read/67.html |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |quote={{lang|zh-Hans|汉剧中的二黄唱调，是现代京剧唱腔的主要组成部分，所以汉剧又有"京剧唱腔之祖山"的美誉。 {...}1962年武汉市成立了武汉汉剧院}} }}</ref><ref>{{lang|zh-Hans|湖北省博物馆．楚腔汉调 : 汉剧文物图说：湖北人民，2013}}</ref>

===Sports===
[[File:Wuhan Sport Centre 01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Wuhan Sports Center]]]]

Wuhan had a professional football team, [[Wuhan F.C.|Wuhan]], that plays in the [[China League One]]. Xinhua Road Sport Center, the team's home stadium, with a capacity of 32,137, is located in the heart of the city next to Zhongshan Park. For the 2013 season, Wuhan Zall was promoted to the top-tier league of Chinese football, [[Chinese Super League]], and relocated its home to [[Wuhan Sports Center Stadium]], a modern stadium with 54,357 seats located in the suburbs of the city. However, the team did not play well in the ensuing season and was demoted back to China League One as the 2013 season ended. For financial and transportation reasons, the team moved back to Xinhua Road Sport Center in 2014. In January 2023, the team folded. Wuhan also has the [[Wuhan Three Towns F.C.|Wuhan Three Towns]] in the Chinese Super League, who won the title during the 2022 season for the first time upon promotion from China League One.

The [[Wuhan Gators]] were a professional [[arena football]] team based in Wuhan. They were members of the [[China Arena Football League]] (CAFL).<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Super Six! The CAFL's Teams, Names and Official Logos|publisher=China Arena Football League|url=http://caflfootball.com/meet-the-super-six-the-cafls-teams-names-and-official-logos/|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505232926/http://caflfootball.com/meet-the-super-six-the-cafls-teams-names-and-official-logos/|archive-date=May 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 13,000-seat [[Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium]] held the [[2011 FIBA Asia Championship]] and was one of the venues for the [[2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup]].<ref name="fiba.com">[https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019 The Official website of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527030949/http://www.fiba.com/basketballworldcup/2019|date=May 27, 2017}}, FIBA.com, Retrieved March 9, 2016.</ref> The 7th [[Military World Games]] were hosted in Wuhan from Oct 18 to 27, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/26/c_136780684.htm|title=7th Military World Games to be held in Wuhan in 2019 – Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520124235/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/26/c_136780684.htm|archive-date=May 20, 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210120035050/http://wuhan2019mwg.com/] official site</ref>

The city has been the venue for the women's tennis tournament, the [[Wuhan Open]], one of the [[WTA Tier I tournaments|WTA's]] [[WTA Premier tournaments|Premier 5 tournaments]], since 2014.