西域胡俗在唐代的传播,是一个引人注目的历史现象。如胡服、胡食和胡乐、胡舞之类,已有不少论著提及。至于西胡葬俗在当时社会生活中有何蛛丝马迹,则文献缺略,较难探寻。因而,在这方面即使只是提供一些模糊的线索,也有筚路蓝缕之功。已故隋唐史专家岑仲勉教授,早在50年代中期,就致力于考察波斯祆教葬俗在唐代的遗存,并举出如下的例证:《新唐书》七八《李传》:“太原俗为浮屠法者死不葬,以尸弃郊饲鸟兽,号其地 The spread of the Western folkways in the Tang Dynasty was a striking historical phenomenon. Such as Hu service, Hu food and Hu music, Hu dance and the like, there have been many papers mentioned. As for what is the clues of the social custom of Xihu funeral at that time, the literature is short and difficult to explore. Thus, even if only provide some vague clues in this area, there are also ways to make ends meet. As late as the late 1950s, Professor Cen Zhong Mian, an expert on the history of the late Sui and Tang Dynasties, devoted himself to examining the relics of the funeral of Persian pilgrimage in the Tang Dynasty. The following examples were cited: ”The New Tang Dynasty" Taiyuan vulgar fame for death is not funeral, dead corpse birds and animals, the number of its place