The Xiangxi journal

Stories to
linger over.

Hearths, familiar food and festive gatherings. A journal of the places and everyday moments behind the flavours.

Culture · Food · Everyday life

Everyday life around the hearth

Turn the gallery and look closer at the hearthside photographs.

Open the photo book, or read the stories at your own pace.

3 stories

A kettle, cured meat above the beams, and people sitting together: a closer look at the hearth through our family photographs.

Salting, hanging and smoking connect with the preparations for New Year. Looking at cured pork through the seasons adds another layer to its story.

Rice, wooden mallets and helping hands turn food preparation into a gathering. Local New Year customs reveal different sides of life in Xiangxi.