辽代木叶山是契丹族的发祥地,契丹人视其为祖山、圣山,但是关于木叶山地望,《辽史》、《契丹国志》、《资治通鉴》等史籍却记载不一。《辽史》记载木叶山在今西拉沐沦河(辽代称潢水、潢河)与老哈河(辽代称土河)合流处1;《资治通鉴》、新旧《五代史》等记载木叶山为今巴林左旗境内辽祖州、祖陵所在之大山2;而《契丹国志》对木叶山地望的记载则是前后矛盾,前面说阿保机在木叶山建南楼,即木 Kiyomizu-dera is the birthplace of the Qidan nationality. The Khitan people regard it as the ancestral mountain and the holy mountain. However, historical records such as Liao History, Qitan Danzhi, and Zi Zhi Tong Jian differ in their records. “History of Liao” records Mukyishan in today Syrah Mu Lunhe (Liao Dynasty known as the water, the Yellow River) and Laoha River (Liao Dynasty called earth river) confluence 1; “Mirror”, old and new, “Five Dynasties History” and other records Mukayama is now the territory of Liaozu Prefecture of Balinzuoqi, where the ancestral mountains 2; and “Qidan National Records” on the records of the Moye mountains are inconsistent, said in front of the A-machine in the Moksan Jiannan floor, that wood