鎮墓獸是楚系墓葬的特徵之一，但是此特徵有地域上的差異：湖北江陵雨台山隨葬鎮墓獸的比例約為28%，江陵九店也有近11%的墓葬有鎮墓獸，但湖南長沙楚墓隨葬鎮墓獸的比例則不到1%。本文分析長沙地區帶鎮墓獸墓葬的形制與隨葬品，發現在戰國早、中期，長沙地區帶有鎮墓獸墓葬均使用江陵地區常見的懸底弧形棺，隨葬品兼有郢文化、越文化與長沙當地特色，墓主等級多為大夫，較江陵地區隨葬鎮墓獸的墓葬等級為高。鎮墓獸與懸底弧形棺皆是由江陵傳入長沙地區，上述現象顯示鎮墓獸傳入長沙後為不同族屬的少數高級貴族所採用，失去了原有的信仰意義，轉變為長沙地區貴族用以彰顯與郢都關係的工具。

Tomb guardian figures are one of the characteristic marks of tombs in Chu area. The mark also has regional differences. In Jiangling, Hubei, 28% tombs of Yutaishan cemetery and 11% tombs of Jiudian cemetery had tomb guardian figures. However, in Changsha, Hunan, less than 1% tombs contained tomb guardian figures. In this article, I analyze tombs with tomb guardian figures in Changsha, discovering that during the early and the middle Warring States period, tombs with tomb guardian figures in Changsha used a special kind of coffins only appeared in Jiangling and vessels with different regional styles. Also, these tombs had higher ranking than tombs in Jiangling. These phenomena indicate that after tomb guardian figures spread to Changsha from Jiangling, its original religious meaning was dismissed. Having tomb guardian figures become a display of the close relationship between tomb occupants and Jiangling area.