Chapter One History ofthe Hui Mountain Clay Figurines Summary �� Customs of Mount l tui nurtured the clay figurines �� Water, memorial arches and memorial temples in Mount Hui �� History of Mount Hui clay figurincsChapter Two Hand-kneaded Skit Career ofYu Xianglian and Wang Nanxian Summary �� Partners for fifty years �� Family history of Ms. Yu Xianglian �� Masters disciplining Ms. Yu Xianglian in kneading �� Clay figure colored drawing career of Ms. Wang Nanxian �� Days in the clay sculpture and colored drawing class and the clay figure factoryChapter Three Yu Xianglian's Talk on How to Mold Clay Figurines Su mmary �� General survey of the skills and techniques of hand-kneaded skits �� Clay and tools �� Eighteen techniques of hand-kneaded skits �� Molding procedure and methuds �� Concluding remarksChapter Four Master Wang Nanxian's Talk on Painting Techniques for Clay Figurines Summary �� Basic knowlcdgc of traditional Mount Hui clay figure colored painting techniques �� Raw materials for colored painting and methods of mixing them �� Tools for colored painting and their functions �� Colored drawing procedures and the basic skills and techniques �� Traditional decoration skills and techniques for Mount Hui clay figurines �� Commonly used patterns uf Mount I Iui traditional clay figurines �� Protection of clay figurinesChapter Five Masters' Talk on Clay Sculpture Art Summery �� Relationship between drawing and molding in Mount tlui clay figurines �� Artistic featurcs of Mount Hui clay figurines �� Schools of Mount Hui clay figurines �� Mount ttui clay figurines and the opcras �� Problems faced by Mount Hui clay figurines �� Cognition of nonmaterial culture heritageChapter Six Comments on Clay Figurines byAuthorities Summary Editorial Afterword