契丹是我国东北地区的一个少数民族,建立契丹国后改称辽,曾统治中国北方地区一百多年。与北方的其他少数民族相似,契丹人开始信奉的是萨满教,后来受中原汉族文化影响开始笃信佛教。早在耶律阿保机建元称帝之前佛教就已经传入契丹人活动的地区。神册四年(919),耶律阿保机曾命“皇后、皇太子分谒寺、观”a。“澶渊之盟”之后,宋辽两朝进入了一个相对稳定的历史时期。辽代奉佛之风在这一时期盛行起来,到兴宗、道宗时期达到高潮。道宗咸雍八年(1072)三月“春、泰、宁江三州,三千人愿为僧尼,受 Khitan is a minority in northeastern China. After the Khitan country was established, it was renamed Liao and ruled over 100 years in northern China. Similar to other ethnic minorities in the north, the Khitan people began to believe in Shamanism and later began to believe in Buddhism under the influence of the Han culture in the Central Plains. Buddhism had already been introduced to areas of the Khitan people as early as Yelv Bajuk. God book four years (919), Yelv Bao machine was ordered ”Queen, the crown prince sub-Ye Temple, view “ a. ”After the deep Yuan League “, the Song and Liao dynasties entered a relatively stable historical period. In the Liao Dynasty, the style of worshiping Buddhism flourished in this period, culminating in Xingzong and Taozong periods. Tao Zongxian Yong eight years (1072) March ”Spring, Thailand, Ningjiang three states, three thousand people would like to monks and nuns, by