Where does the west exit go out?

Going west is from Shanxi Hequ and Jinzhong to Baotou, Hetao, Ordos and other vast areas via Shahukou.

Xikou is just a general term, which is a way for Shanxi people to make a living by going through customs in order to avoid natural disasters during Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. Xikou refers to the Great Wall Fortress in Ming Dynasty, also known as Shahukou, which is an important transportation hub of the Northwest Trade Road. Xikou is one of the five most famous migration events in China's modern history.

In a narrow sense, the west exit refers to the outer exit north of the Great Wall, including Shahukou in Shanxi, Fugukou in Shaanxi and Dushikou in Hebei, which is the intersection of people in northern Shaanxi, northern Shaanxi and Hebei. The west exit starts from the north-central part of Shanxi, the other one goes west, passes through the Shahukou and enters the Mongolian grassland. One goes east, crosses Datong and enters Mongolia via Zhangjiakou.

The social impact of westward advancement;

Westward Journey is a bitter history of immigration, but also a history of hard struggle and entrepreneurship. Groups of immigrants left their homes and went north to Mongolia, where they worked hard to develop Inner Mongolia. More importantly, they brought advanced farming culture to the backward and nomadic central and western Inner Mongolia, which fundamentally changed the whole local cultural outlook.

With the process of westward migration, the traditional nomadic society in outer Mongolia has evolved into a pluralistic society with counties and farmers. In this evolution process, Shanxi immigrants, as the main body of immigrants, have made great contributions. Because Shanxi immigrants account for the vast majority of immigrants, the local immigrant culture is more characteristic of Jin culture, which can also be said to be the expansion of Jin culture in this area.

The flow of population promotes the spread of culture, which narrows the distance between regions and enhances the sense of identity between regions. This wave of immigration has greatly promoted the exchanges between the central and western regions of Inner Mongolia and the mainland, further enhanced the national feelings of Mongolia and China, and had a certain positive impact on the prosperity and stability of our multi-ethnic country.