Another name for the [[湘江|湘江|xiang1 jiang1]] river in Hunan, or the confluence where the [[潇水|瀟水|xiao1 shui3]] meets the [[湘江|湘江|xiang1 jiang1]]

The largest river in Hunan Province, flowing north into Dongting Lake; also called [[湘水|湘水|xiang1 shui3]] or [[潇湘|瀟湘|xiao1 xiang1]].

A city and county in central Hunan province; birthplace of Mao Zedong.

The Hunan Army led by [[曾国藩|曾國藩|zeng1 guo2 fan1]], an irregular force formed in the 1850s to suppress the Taiping Rebellion.

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in [[湖南省|湖南省|hu2 nan2 sheng3]] Province

Hunan cuisine; food characteristic of Hunan province

Xiangtan, a prefecture-level city in [[湖南省|湖南省|hu2 nan2 sheng3]] province

Xiangtan County in Hunan province, administered by the city of [[湘潭|湘潭|xiang1 tan2]]

Xiangxiang, a county-level city in Xiangtan, Hunan Province

One of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery, originating from Hunan province; it is characterized by varied stitch lengths that create a sense of depth and three-dimensional perspective.

Hunan and Guizhou provinces

Linxiang, a county-level city in [[岳阳市|岳陽市|yue4 yang2 shi4]], Hunan

Linxiang, a county-level city in [[岳阳|岳陽|yue4 yang2]] city, Hunan province

Xiangyin county in Yueyang, Hunan province

The Xiang group of Chinese dialects, primarily spoken in Hunan Province and northern Guangxi; often represented by the Changsha dialect.

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, located in [[湖南|湖南|hu2 nan2]] Province.

One of the Eight Immortals of Daoism; traditionally identified as the grandnephew of the Tang dynasty scholar [[韩愈|韓愈|han2 yu4]]

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in [[湖南|湖南|hu2 nan2]] province

Xiangxiang, a county-level city in [[湘潭市|湘潭市|xiang1 tan2 shi4]], Hunan Province

Hunan opera; a regional form of traditional Chinese opera from Hunan province that evolved from earlier styles such as [[弋阳腔|弋陽腔|yi4 yang2 qiang1]] and [[昆腔|崑腔|kun1 qiang1]]

Xiangyin county in [[岳阳|岳陽|yue4 yang2]], Hunan Province

Xiangdong District of [[萍乡市|萍鄉市|ping2 xiang1 shi4]] city, Jiangxi Province

A variety of bamboo with purple-brown spots on its stem; legend says the spots are the teardrops of the goddesses [[娥皇|娥皇|e2 huang2]] and [[女英|女英|nu:3 ying1]] who wept for Emperor [[舜|舜|shun4]] by the [[湘江|湘江|xiang1 jiang1]]

A type of ornamental bamboo characterized by brown purple spots on its stem; also called [[斑竹|斑竹|ban1 zhu2]] or [[湘妃竹|湘妃竹|xiang1 fei1 zhu2]].

Liang Xiang (1919-1989), the first governor of Hainan province

one of the Eight Immortals of Daoist mythology, often depicted playing a flute

Xiangqiao District, a district of Chaozhou City in Guangdong Province

(literary) a window or door curtain woven from mottled bamboo, specifically the stalks of the [[湘妃竹|湘妃竹|xiang1 fei1 zhu2]] species

Zhengxiang district of Hengyang city in Hunan Province

Zhengxiang district of [[衡阳市|衡陽市|heng2 yang2 shi4]] city, Hunan

the Hunan-Guangxi Canal; another name for the [[灵渠|靈渠|ling2 qu2]] in Xing'an County, Guangxi

the culinary traditions of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, and Anhui; often used collectively to refer to the [[八大菜系|八大菜系|ba1 da4 cai4 xi4]]

Xiangdong District of Pingxiang City in Jiangxi Province

An irregular military force organized in the 1850s to fight the Taiping Rebellion.

The deity of the Xiang River, appearing in the "Nine Songs" by Qu Yuan; theories identify the figure as Emperor Shun or his wife Ehuang.

A mythological water spirit; in Chinese folklore, she is identified as [[女英|女英|nu:3 ying1]], the daughter of Emperor Yao and wife of Emperor Shun, who drowned herself in the Xiang River after Shun's death.

an alternative name for Junshan, a mountain in the middle of Dongting Lake in Hunan Province

Xiangqiao District of Chaozhou City in Guangdong Province

largest river in Hunan Province, flowing north into Dongting Lake

species of bamboo with distinctive dark spots on the culm, associated in legend with the tears of mourning concubines at the Xiang River

(literary) the spirits of Ehuang and Nüying, the wives of the legendary Emperor Shun, who drowned themselves in the Xiang River after his death and became its guardian deities

lotus seeds produced in Hunan province

the poetic name used by the character Lin Daiyu in the classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber