What do you mean by going west? Where does the west point?

Walking to the west is a great migration of population, which refers to an event in which Shaanxi people, Shanxi people and Hebei people go to the grassland to reclaim land for business. Xikou, located in the northwest of Youyu County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, is an important pass of the Great Wall. Going to the west has opened up the cultural and economic channel between the grassland and the Central Plains, promoted the prosperity and development of the northern region, and enhanced the feelings between the Mongolian and Han nationalities.

The significance and location of taking the west exit

What is the west exit?

Westbound is a very famous migration event in Chinese history. It is listed as the five most famous immigration events in China's modern history. It refers to an event in which Shaanxi people, Shanxi people and Hebei people went to Inner Mongolia for a period of time and then promoted the prosperity of the northern region.

Where is Xikou?

Xikou, also known as Shahukou, is located in the northwest of Youyu County, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province. It used to be a very important pass of the Great Wall. The voyage to the West mainly occurred in the hundreds of years from the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the early years of the Republic of China, and behind it was a very bitter and arduous history of immigrant entrepreneurship.

Social value of westward advancement.

With people from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei and other places leaving their homes to reclaim land and do business on grasslands, the economic and cultural channels between Mongolian grasslands and the hinterland of the Central Plains have been opened, which greatly promoted the prosperity and development of northern China, and at the same time enhanced the feelings between Mongolian and Han nationalities.