Tableware for the prince's relatives. The red cauldron on Daye Mountain in Hubei Province is a symbol of national power and status. The original cauldron was the royal tableware. Hubei Province is located in the middle of China, in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, bordering Anhui in the east, Chongqing in the west, Shaanxi in the northwest, Jiangxi and Hunan in the south and Henan in the north.