[1] Five smaller cong were found near the arms of this male, and his grave contained 641 jades of other types, with addition to numerous beads and flakes.

According to Wang "this link with the full form of design tempts us to interpret other features: the striated bands just above the circular eyes might for instance stand for the feathered headdress".

He also believed that the levels of imagery up and down a cong signified the clan's age, and semi-human animal images identified the deceased and his generational staus.

Since the royal cong had two layers each of semi-human and animal image, if we accept his theory this means that deceased died with one generation of offspring.

[8] Similarly, at the official museum site we can read that: "There is no consensus on the function of the cong, although most scholars believe that it was used as a religious instrument for communication with Heaven".