Abstract: The study of traditional rockery making craft is an urgent need of contemporary Chinese landscape architecture practice with traditional style, and a necessary requirement of craftsman culture and intangible cultural heritage studies in the academic circles. This paper probes into the crafts and theory of Mr. Fang Hui, a contemporary craftsman of traditional garden rockery making. Based on investigations and interviews, we reveal the key points of his crafts and theory in the three aspects of his career progress, design theories and construction principles, aa well as his inheritance and development of the tradition.