# Hubei — facts, map and seven compositions

Research date: 2026-10-04. Map viewed visually. Prompts prepared; images are not declared completed or approved by this document.

## Inventory of the source map

Map: Wudang Mountains, Daba Mountains, Shennongjia, Shiyan, Danjiangkou Reservoir, Xiangyang, Han River, Jingmen, Yichang, Three Gorges, Yangtze River, Jingzhou, Wuhan, East Lake, Liangzihu, Honghu, Huangshi, Enshi, Wufeng. Images: Wudang mountain complex; western gorge with a junk; tea terraces Yichang/Enshi/Wufeng and pickers; wooden house on stilts; many lakes/boats; tower in Wuhan; arched stone bridge; Honghu lotuses. A water map does not mean that all space between objects should be filled with blue.

## Tea territories and fact separation

Core technologies and territories: Enshi Yulu — steam fixation; Lichuan Hong — black; Xuan’en/Wujiatai; Wufeng/Caihua; Yichang Maojian and Yidu Yihong — green and black side by side, but not the same; Chibi/Zhaoliqiao Qingzhuan — dark brick tea, not green by technology despite Qing; Yingshan in Dabie; Wudang/Shiyan; Xiangyang; Yuan’an Huangcha — additional yellowing technology. Wuhan/Hankou — trade and service, not a tea plantation on the embankment. Lotus from the map is an aquatic plant/regional motif, not a mandatory addition to Enshi Yulu. We do not transfer promises of selenium-health and the absolute “only steamed tea”.

## tea.travel and primary sources

- [tea.travel Hubei](https://tea.travel/en/region/hubei/) — Enshi, Lichuan, Wudang, Qingzhuan; medical, absolute, and unconfirmed ritual formulas excluded.
- [Hubei Agriculture: five tea zones and seven directions](https://nyt.hubei.gov.cn/bmdt/yw/mtksn/202606/t20260615_5957515.shtml).
- [Hubei Agriculture: Enshi Yulu process](https://nyt.hubei.gov.cn/bmdt/yw/mtksn/202507/t20250721_5726363.shtml) — steam fixation and the sequence of manual processing.
- [Hubei Agriculture: Yuan'an and additional territories](https://nyt.hubei.gov.cn/bmdt/yw/ywdt/tzzyglc/202305/t20230526_4678161.shtml).
- [Wufeng spring harvest](https://nyt.hubei.gov.cn/bmdt/yw/szdt/202603/t20260327_5900563.shtml) — Caihua Maojian/Yihong.
- [Hubei government: GI list](https://www.hubei.gov.cn/hbfb/bmdt/202204/P020220425577853322577.pdf) — Wujiatai, Chibi, Yidu, Yingshan, Xiangyang.
- [Hubei Agriculture: Lichuan and brick tea](https://nyt.hubei.gov.cn/bmdt/yw/mtksn/202311/t20231127_4970699.shtml).

## Seven independent solutions

- **C1: Steam, brick and river route.** The fine steam fixation of Enshi is contrasted with the large brick press of Chibi.
- **C2: Craft fills the letter space.** The exact word HUBEI is linked with steam, bricks, and tea hands.
- **C3: Tea mountains around low water.** Western and eastern tea territories form an arc around river trade.
- **C4: Two Banks of Tea Trade.** A mountain workshop and a river trading yard are connected by a bridge and a boat.
- **C5: Tower, tray and sail.** Large light outlines unite tea tools and Hubei's watery character.
- **C6: From steaming tray to tea boat.** The tilt of workshops and the river arc gathers an energetic journey.
- **C7: Ten things of Hubei.** Steamed tea, brick, bridge, and boat in a simple open line.

## Technical and editorial boundaries

C1 uses the first two colors of the regional palette, C2–C3 all five, C4–C7 the first three. The background is truly transparent; there is no mandatory empty space percentage. C1–C6 is a coherent composition, C7 is 8–10 large simple groups. Only English text; C7 is only the region name. Master 3840 × 1280 px; final PNG RGBA 3840 × 1152 px, 250 × 75 mm.

The maps are an artistic source, not a geodetic plan. Symbolic proximity of scenes does not mean they are located on the same plot. The number of places explored is wider than the number of captions; the execution and quality of individual scenes are checked on the finished image. The prompt itself does not confirm the completeness of the result.