Hubei's flagship opera, formerly "Chu tune," which fused the xipi and erhuang melodies and shaped the birth of Peking opera.
A traditional embroidery of the Jingsha–Wuhan region, full in composition and bold in color, steeped in the old spirit of Chu.
A Hubei folk opera grown from Huang-Xiao flower-drum theater, named Chu opera in 1926, plain in style and close to everyday life.
A Hubei storytelling-and-singing art keeping time with drum and clapper, told in dialect with lively humor.
The legend of Hua Mulan, who took her father's place in war, with Huangpi's Mulan Mountain a key home of the tale.
Hanyang's distinctive upright dragon dance, with a towering dragon head and singular rituals of crafting, consecration and blessing-grabbing.
The tale of lofty mountains and flowing water meeting a true friend, the seed of Wuhan's "zhiyin" culture of soulmates.
A cluster of folk tales around Yellow Crane Tower on Wuchang's Snake Hill, from immortals riding cranes to the Xin family's wine shop.