契丹族源于鲜卑系,早期笃信萨满教,辽朝建立后,大量中原汉人聚居区并入辽版图,辽统治者采用因俗而治的办法,宗教信仰上采用佛、道、萨满等诸教并重策略,因而佛、道等诸教均有所发展,特别是佛教得到了很大发展。然而,通过现有考古资料可以看出,信仰佛教的契丹民众只是少数,萨满教依然是多数契丹人的主要精神皈依。道教的传播更只是局限于少数契丹贵族之间,未得到太大发展。 The Khitan originated from the Xianbei system, early beliefs Shamanism, the establishment of the Liao Dynasty, a large number of people inhabited by the Central Plains into the territory of Liaoning, Liaodong rulers use of the rule of law and religion, religion, Buddhism, Taoism, Shaman and other religions Emphasizing tactics, Buddhism, Taoism and other religions have developed, especially Buddhism has been greatly developed. However, it can be seen from the existing archaeological materials that the Khitan people who believe in Buddhism are only a minority, and that Shamanism is still the major spiritual conversion of most Khitan people. The spread of Taoism is more limited to a small number of Qidan aristocrats and has not been greatly developed.