中国边疆少数民族地区自古是多种文化汇合之地。以宗教而言,佛教、道教、祆教、摩尼教、伊斯兰教、基督宗教①均于不同时期在边疆少数民族地区有所发展,并在一定程度上决定或影响着各民族的社会文化生活面貌。惟其如此,边疆少数民族宗教的历时性与共时性研究,一直是中国宗教史和民族史研究的 The border areas of ethnic minorities in China have been the places where many cultures converge since ancient times. In religion, Buddhism, Taoism, Buddhism, Manichaeism, Islam, and Christianity all developed at different periods in ethnic minority areas in border areas and to a certain extent decided or influenced the social and cultural life of all ethnic groups face. However, the study of the diachronic and synchronic nature of the religions of the ethnic minorities in the border areas has always been the study of the history of religions and nationalities in China