Chapter One History of the Hui Mountain Clay FigurinesSummary 1
Ⅰ Customs of Mount Hui nurtured the clay figurines 5
Ⅱ Water,memorial arches and memorial temples in Mount Hui 16
Ⅲ History of Mount Hui clay figurines 24
Chapter Two Hand-kneaded Skit Career of Yu Xianglian and Wang NanxianSummary 44
Ⅰ Partners for fifty years 48
Ⅱ Family history of Ms.Yu Xianglian 54
Ⅲ Masters disciplining Ms.Yu Xianglian in kneading 66
Ⅳ Clay figure colored drawing career of Ms.Wang Nanxian 80
Ⅴ Days in the clay sculpture and colored drawing class and the clay figure factory 91
Chapter Three Yu Xianglian's Talk on How to Mold Clay FigurinesSummary 100
Ⅰ General survey of the skills and techniques of hand-kneaded skits 101
Ⅱ Clay and tools 104
Ⅲ Eighteen techniques of hand-kneaded skits 113
Ⅳ Molding procedure and methods 119
Ⅴ Concluding remarks 159
Chapter Four Master Wang Nanxian's Talk on Painting Techniques for Clay FigurinesSummary 161
Ⅰ Basic knowledge of traditional Mount Hui clay figure colored painting techniques 162
Ⅱ Raw materials for colored painting and methods of mixing them 171
Ⅲ Tools for colored painting and their functions 178
Ⅳ Colored drawing procedures and the basic skills and techniques 181
Ⅴ Traditional decoration skills and techniques for Mount Hui clay figurines 202
Ⅵ Commonly used patterns of Mount Hui traditional clay figurines 204
Ⅶ Protection of clay figurines 206
Chapter Five Masters'Talk on Clay Sculpture ArtSummery 210
Ⅰ Relationship between drawing and molding in Mount Hui clay figurines 213
Ⅱ Artistic features of Mount Hui clay figurines 218
Ⅲ Schools of Mount Hui clay figurines 234
Ⅳ Mount Hui clay figurines and the operas 239
Ⅴ Problems faced by Mount Hui clay figurines 244
Ⅵ Cognition of nonmaterial culture heritage 255
Chapter Six Comments on Clay Figurines by AuthoritiesSummary 259
Editorial After word 269