Dongba card painting originated from about the third century. As to the contents, Dongba card painting could be divided into three categories of sacrifice, divination, and head crown class which were mainly focused on animal spirits, ghosts and gods, the moon and stars, and mountains and vegetations as the theme. The modes of composition mainly consisted of central composition, serial composition, segmentation composition and narrative composition. Different themes of the cards took different modes of composition with the use of varied color. Light colors were often used to depict the divine realm, idols and materials to highlight the harmonious and peaceful atmosphere, while deep tones were employed to paint the ghosts and monsters to create the sense of frightful eeriness as a deterrent. Lines were usually sketched to draw the objects to express Naxi people’s understanding of three dimensional space. The cultural connotation in Dongba card paintings indicated the strong national character, religiousness and localization.