北方遊牧民族歷來有祭天的傳統,契丹族建立的遼朝與女真族建立的金朝,均有這方面的記載。如《金史·禮志》:“金之郊祀,本於其俗有拜天之禮。其後太宗即位,乃告配天地,蓋設位而祭也。天德以後,始有南北郊之制,大定、明昌其禮寖備。”〔1〕元代的郊祀發展軌跡,大體與遼金相似,經歷了從蒙古族固有的長生天信仰,到漢族禮制影響下的天地合祭,再發展到南、北郊分祀的歷程。只不過,元代的南郊在文宗之前僅爲攝祀,“自世祖混一六合,至文宗凡七 The nomadic tribes in the north have always had the tradition of offering sacrifices to the heaven. The Jin dynasty established by the Qidan people in the Liao dynasty and the Jurchen clan all have their records in this respect. Such as ”the history of the Book of Rites“: ”Golden suburbs worship, the worship of the world in its vulgar ceremony .Taizong ascended the throne later, but with the world, cover the set and sacrifice also .After the beginning of Germany and North Korea Suburban system, Dingding, Mingchang their gift. “[1] Yuan Dynasty suburban worship development trajectory, generally similar to the Liao and Jin, experienced from the Mongolian inherent longevity days of faith, to the Han world under the influence of ritual He sacrifices, and then to the South, the northern suburbs worship process. Only, however, the southern suburbs of the Yuan Dynasty were only sacrifices before the Patriarchal clan, ”