The Qigedong(Seven-cave)Cliff Tombs in Changning County,Sichuan Province had images with rich motifs and contents,to which Professor Luo Erhu has comprehensive and systematic researches in his paper titled Changning Qigedong Yamu Qun Han Huaxiang Yanjiu(A Study of the Han period Relieves in the Cliff Tombs at Qigedong,Changning).However,by the concrete examinations to the connotations of the motifs such as "Jiagua(the Auspicious Melon)","the Bird Picking Fish in the Beak","Mating Dragons",the interlocking coin(Bi-disc)pattern and so on,this paper gives some different suggestions:the images on the gates of Tombs No.1,6 and 7 are not showing the subject of the ascending into the Paradise of the souls of the tomb occupants,but showing the hope of the prosperity and gloriousness of their
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