1? The ethnic origins of the * * * Er ethnic group are mainly the Uighurs in Mobei and the indigenous people in the oasis of Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, and their religious beliefs were different before the formation of the modern * * * Er ethnic group.

Mubei Uighurs have long believed in Shamanism, a primitive religion, and accepted Manichaeism in the mid-Tang Dynasty, and regarded it as the state religion.

After moving westward, Uighurs accepted Zoroastrianism, Nestorianism and Buddhism successively.

At this time, the Uighur society became a multi-religious society, and most Uighurs believed in Buddhism.

The indigenous people in Tarim Basin accepted Buddhism as early as the 2nd century BC, and some people accepted Zoroastrianism in the 5th century A.D. and coexisted with Buddhism.

Manichaeism was introduced into Tarim Basin in the 6th century, and some residents accepted Manichaeism.

In the 7th century, some people accepted Nestorianism.

* * * Before the introduction of religion, the residents in Tarim Basin mainly believed in Buddhism, and for a long time, the residents in Tarim Oasis regarded Buddhism as the state religion.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 20th century, with the rulers of the local government in Karahan converted to * * * religion, the indigenous people in Tarim Basin and the Uyghurs who moved westward gradually converted to * * * religion, and gradually merged to form the modern * * * Er nationality.

* * * religion has gradually become the religion of all people.

2? Kazak Kazak, formerly known as Wusun, first believed in Shamanism, a primitive religion, and began to believe in Buddhism in the 2nd century.

In the 8th century, a few Kazakhs accepted the religion of * * *, but only a few did not affect the social life of Kazakhs. It was not until the16th century that * * * religion became the religion of the whole Kazakh nation.

3? Mongolians believed in Shamanism in the early days, then Buddhism, and converted to Tibetan Buddhism and Lamaism after13rd century.

Today, Tibetan Buddhism is still the religion of Mongolian people in Xinjiang.

/kloc-After the 0/3rd century, some Mongolians converted to * * * religion, but these people gradually became modern * * * ethnic groups.

4? Kirgiz The Kirgiz people in China believed in Shamanism as early as possible, which is a religion shared by all the people. Later, they converted to Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism Lamaism.

/kloc-after the 0/0 century, a few people believed in * * * religion. 17~ 18 century After the Kirgiz people of Yenisei River moved westward, most of them gradually converted to * * * religion, but some Kirgiz people living in emin county in northern Xinjiang still believed in Tibetan Buddhism, and some Kirgiz people living in Fuyu County in Heilongjiang Province believed in Shamanism.

5? Tajiks first believed in Shamanism, accepted Buddhism in Xinjiang in the 2nd century BC, accepted Zoroastrianism in the 4th century AD, and converted to * * * in the 8th century AD.

These historical facts prove that Xinjiang is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious region, not a single religious region.