汉墓凤鸟纹图像中，凤凰和朱雀的形象值得重视。凤凰是象征吉祥的瑞应鸟，朱雀作为四神之一主要表示南方星宿，但汉代的凤凰和朱雀因相似的象征含义经常被混淆，汉墓凤鸟纹也因造型风格统一难以分辨其形象。本文指出，汉墓中代表凤凰的凤鸟纹大多伴随龙、麒麟等奇珍异兽出现，或四周环绕群鸟，或口中衔珠、衔鱼、衔绶带，或伴随阙门、西王母等仙界元素。代表朱雀形象的凤鸟纹一般分布在墓室门扉上部，或以四神组合形式分布在西王母、日、月等仙界元素周围，或在四神体系中、或与玄武组合，作为墓室装饰，偶尔周围也有星宿图。

The image of Phoenix and Rosefinch which called Bird Pattern in Han tomb is worthy of attention.Phoenix is a lucky bird symbolizing good luck. While Suzaku, as one of the four mythical animals in Chinese myth, mainly represents the southern stars. However, people often confuse these two birds for their similar symbolic meanings in Han Dynasty. And it is also difficult to distinguish them according to the curves representing these two birds in Han tombs for their almost unified image. This article points out the birds which represent the Phoenix in Han tombs are often accompanied by dragons, kylins and other exotic animals. They may be surrounded by birds or with pearls, fish or ribbons in mouth. Sometimes, there will be some fairy elements around them such as the Que Door, Xi Wang Mu etc.While the bird curves representing the Suzaku are generally distributed in the upper part of the door of the tomb. Or they may occur around the Xi Wang Mu, sun, moon and other fairy elements in forms of 4-mythical-animal combination. In the four-mythical-animal system, they may be used as the decoration for the tomb combined with Xuan Wu. Occasionally, star maps may appear around them.