When did the westward journey begin?

Xiguan in Xiguan is actually a pass on the Great Wall, named "Shahukou", which is an important pass connecting the Central Plains and Mongolian grasslands.

As early as the end of the Ming Dynasty, "Killing Tiger Mouth" was already an important multi-ethnic trade market. Later, the Qing Dynasty pacified the northwest, and it became an important logistics center. More and more businessmen gather here, and "killing the tiger's mouth" has become quite prosperous.

The time for Shanxi people to go to Xikou probably began in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and the deadline was probably the end of Qing Dynasty, and the climax should be the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty.

Extended data:

"Westbound" refers to the migration activities of people who fled from Shanxi, Hebei and Shaanxi to Cheng Guihua, Tumote, Chahar and Erdos outside the Great Wall to make a living since the Qing Dynasty.

"Westward migration" has greatly changed the social structure, economic structure and lifestyle of Mongolia. At the same time, Shanxi immigrants, who account for a very high proportion of immigrants, as the main carrier of cultural communication, brought Shanxi's Jin culture to the central and western regions of Inner Mongolia, forming an immigrant culture rich in Shanxi's local characteristics.

As a part of farming culture, Jin culture has merged with local nomadic culture through population migration, forming a vibrant multicultural and enriching China culture.