萨满教在新疆少数民族中的遗留

萨满教是新疆古代少数民族普遍信仰的原始宗教,体现在文献记载、民间传说、考古发现以及各民族当中萨满教的遗留等。萨满教流行的时间相当久远,并长期支配着西域先民的精神生活,逐渐形成一种积淀十分深厚的民族传统观念和习俗。这种观念和习俗深刻影响着并渗透于其他宗教信仰里面。至今保留在新疆各少数民族里大量的萨满教遗俗,充分反映了新疆宗教演变中发生的地区化、民族化特点。

Shamanism in Xinjiang Minority Groups

Shamanism was the primitive religion believed in by ethnic minority groups in ancient Xinjiang, as found in documents, folklores, archeological discoveries and remnants among ethnic groups. Shamanism was popular long ago, dominated in spirit the ancient peoples in the Western Region for a long time and has come to evolve into deep-rooted national traditions and customs that have produced a far-reaching effect on and permeated in other religious beliefs. The Shamanist traditions left over by history among all minority groups in Xinjiang serve to illustrate Xinjiang Religious evolution characteristic of the locality and nationality.