Having traced back to all the relevant research in the last twenty years and focused on the ethnic origin , painting years and images of cangyuan rock paintings , the author summarizes the research and achievements of this study and expects to reveal its future orientation 摘要以20多年来国内公开出版和发表的学术论著为线索,着重从沧源崖画的综合性研究、族属研究、年代研究、图像研究等方面,对学术界关于云南沧源崖画的研究作了综述,以期展示云南沧源崖画研究的成果和明确今后的研究方向。