CHINESE CLAY FIGURINE

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