The imagery of this banner shows clearly that even before the introduction of Buddhism, the Chinese people already had a cosmic view that included heaven, earth, and a netherworld. It is also apparent that the Chinese had the idea of people going to heaven after death.
畫的主題反映出，早在佛教傳入中國之前，中國人天上、人間、地下的宇宙觀；還有死後靈魂歸天的生死觀。