在道教典籍中 ,葫芦被视为中有日月的小宇宙“壶天” ,彝族丧俗亦认为人死后魂归“壶天”(祖灵葫芦 )。道教与彝族信仰如此相近 ,是因为道教吸收了先秦方士的神仙思想 ,而神仙思想源出西羌 ,彝族正是远古羌人的遗裔。彝族魂归“壶天”、“洞天” ,正是道教仙境“壶天”、“洞天”由来的民俗基础 In Taoist books, hyacinths are regarded as “small pots” in the small universe with sun and moon. The Yi nationality also believes that after the death of the people, the soul belongs to “pot-day” (ancestral gourd). Taoism and Yi beliefs are so similar because Taoism absorbed the immortal thought of the al-Qaeda alchemist while the immortal thought originated from the Xiqiang. The Yi nationality was the ruler of the ancient Qiang people. The souls of the Yi people return to the “pot sky” and “the sky cave”, which is the folklore foundation of Taoist fairyland “pot heaven” and “cave heaven”