Abstract: The main content of etching industry in Hunan and Hubei provinces during the Qing Dynasty covers the traditional history books,books for imperial examinations,children’s books,and books for daily life and folk art.They are delicately designed,printed,and bound,to the like of mass people.The cultural contribution of the etching industry is that it popularizes culture and knowledge,meets the cultural and practical demand of the mass people.

Key words: Hunan and Hubei provinces, etching industry, features of formation, cultural contribution