Iranians in China
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Iranian people, such as Persians and Sogdians, have lived in China throughout various periods in history.
Detail of the stone panel painting on the sarcophagus, depicting two nimbate male figures dressing in Sasanian-style attire, drinking wine and playing pipa. Tomb of Yu Hong, 6th century CE.
Left: a man holding a plate of fruits; right: a bearded man is performing the Huteng ("Barbarian leap") dance. Both figures have haloes. Tomb of Yu Hong, 6th century CE.
Persian ambassador at the Chinese court of Emperor Yuan of Liang in his capital Jingzhou in 526-539 CE, with explanatory text. Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang, 11th century Song copy.
Tang-dynasty foreigner. Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an
Zoroastrianism in Sichuan
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Zoroastrianism in Sichuan refers to the historical presence of Zoroastrianism in modern-day Sichuan province, that forms part of southwestern China. The Japanese professor Kiichirō Kanda was the first
Sasanian horsemen hunting scene within the Sogdian pearl roundel. Motif of a 7th–10th-century Sichuan brocade fabric.
Top: Khotanese panel from Dandan Oilik depicting, from left to right, Ohrmazd, Nana, and Weshparkar. Middle and bottom: representations of the three deities found in Sogdian lands.