It has been generally accepted by the academic circle that the Sogdian tombs recently unearthed at Xi’an,including the Northern Zhou tombs of An Jia, Shi Jun and Kang Ye,are tombs of Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians had their special funeral custom,therefore.it is necessary to examine the burial manner before generalizing their Zoroastrian attributes. As to this point,An Jia Tomb is of particular importance.This article demonstrates the obvious conflict between the burial mode of An Jia Tomb and that of orthodox Zoroastrians.The author believes that it is difficult to trace the burial mode of these Sogdian tombs to orthodox Zoroastrian doctrine.If these Sogdians,such as Anjia,Kang Ye and Shi Jun, are figured as Zoroastrians come from the Central Asia,is noteworthy to distinguish their burial form that of Persia Zoroastrians and that of Zoroastrians in Central Asia.These clear differences indicate that the Zoroastrians of Central Asia is noteworthy to distinguish their burial form from that of Persia Zoroastrians and that of Zoroastrians in Central Asia.These clear differences indicate that the Zoroastrians of Central Asia can not be identified with the Zoroastrians of Persia, the Zoroastrian immigrants in China can not be simply identified with their fellowmen in Central Asia.
