When did you go to the west?

Westbound is one of the five most famous migration events in China's modern history. In the long history of more than 400 years from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the early Republic of China, countless Shanxi people, Shaanxi people and Hebei people left their homes, which opened up the economic and cultural channel between the hinterland of the Central Plains and the Mongolian grassland and promoted the prosperity and development of the northern region.

From the third year to the fifth year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty, Shanxi and other provinces suffered from drought for three consecutive years, and the worst drought occurred in modern times, known as the "Seven Famines in butyl five", and it didn't even rain in some areas.

Population migration caused by natural disasters is most prominent in northern Shanxi, such as Xinzhou and Yanbei. The barren land and harsh natural environment in northern Shanxi forced a large number of people to leave their homes. In barren land, cold climate and harsh natural environment without irrigation, people in northern Shaanxi live in poverty. Every time there is a disaster, people have to be displaced and go out to make a living.

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Xikou Killing Hukou is the Great Wall Fortress in Ming Dynasty, named Killing Hukou Killing Hu Bao. From this name, we can see the tense relationship between the Great Wall and the frontier nationalities at that time. After the Qin Long Peace Conference, the Ming Dynasty opened mutual markets in Fu Xuan, Datong and Sanjin towns along the Great Wall. At this time, Datong Youwei set up a horse market under Shanhukou Pass, making it a channel and platform for border trade.

Shahukou, located in Youyu County, Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, is one of the "west entrances" of "westward advancement". Killing Tiger Mouth is not only an important trade route to Mongolia, but also an important trade route to Russia.

Out of the killing tiger mouth, Shanxi merchants ushered in a new world. Culturally, the Chinese nation is a farming nation. The biggest feature of farming people is that they like to stick to one acre and three points, and are willing to live a quiet life of "wife and children fever". It really takes a lot of courage to be a wanderer far from home, work hard and explore the new world.