The Historical Significance of Great Immigrants in Ming Dynasty

The great migration of population in Ming Dynasty is of great significance. Promoted the population growth. Promoted economic development. Immigrants mainly reclaimed wasteland, which played an important role in promoting the development of agriculture. Third, it has promoted the rectification of folk customs. People are the "comprehensive carrier" of folk customs. When a person or several people enter a new folk circle, they are often assimilated by local folk customs, which is called "when in Rome, do as the Romans do".

However, when a large group of men and women keep crowding in, it is difficult to eat all the local folk customs at once. Immigrants from other provinces entering Shandong are generally relatively concentrated in a certain area. For example, Hong Tong immigrants are mainly distributed in Dongchangfu and western Yanzhou, Zaoqiang immigrants are mainly distributed in Jinan and northern Qingzhou, Yunnan immigrants are mainly distributed in Laizhou and southern Dengzhou, and Sichuan immigrants are mainly distributed in Ye County, Laizhou. In these areas where immigrants are mainly distributed, the folk customs of local aborigines cannot be completely assimilated, and the folk customs of immigrants and local aborigines are reorganized in the process of integration to form new folk customs. The folk customs in Laizhou are obviously different from those in the surrounding areas, because Laizhou was the center of Sichuan immigrants in the Ming Dynasty. Another example is that Jimo is a relatively concentrated area of Yunnan immigrant villages, and the folk customs around Jimo bear the brand of Yunnan immigrants. Bangzi Opera, also known as Zezhou Tune, popular in Liaocheng and Heze, Shandong Province, was brought to Shandong by Hongdong immigrants.