To the west, be specific.

I think the landlord asked because he watched a TV series. ...

Westbound, through the Kanto and south to South Asia is a famous population migration in the history of China. Xikou, now the specific meaning is controversial, saying that it is the Yellow River ferry in northern Shanxi that kills the tiger mouth; It is said to be west of Zhangjiakou, Hebei. In Qing Dynasty, it generally refers to the vast Inner Mongolia area north of Shanxi and west of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, such as Baotou and other places. Because this is the junction of the Qing government and the Mongolian ancients, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and further north is the Mongolian grassland, that is, the Mongols.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, a pass was set up in Hebei, Shanxi and northern Shaanxi, and the place north of the pass was called Waikou. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the merchandise trade with Mongols was carried out at several fixed points outside the mouth, similar to the establishment of foreign trade ports in places bordering Russia and Kazakhstan today. Businessmen in Shanxi were going to do business outside, so they got the pass, which was later called westward. Later, westward movement became a general term. Businessmen from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei go out to do business, all of which are called westward. This incident had a great influence on later generations, and a large number of Han Chinese immigrated to the outside of the mouth, stabilizing the frontier.

In addition, look at Journey to the West and Journey to the West written on Sohu.

The peaks of westward journey and eastward journey were in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Walking to the west exit is an activity for Shanxi people to make a living in Mongolian areas outside the Great Wall through Shahukou, Youyu County, Shanxi Province. The TV series "Going to the East" broadcast by CCTV reflects the livelihood activities in the northeast area outside the customs, mainly in Shandong.

Shanxi people take the outer entrance and the west entrance-killing the tiger's mouth is a way. There are other ways, such as going to the Great Wall through Zhangjiakou, so the way to Zhangjiakou is also called Dongkou. Rushing to Guandong, there is Lushui No.2 Road, which passes through Hebei by land and passes Shanhaiguan to the northeast; Shandong has thousands of miles of coastline, facing Liaodong Peninsula across the sea, and Liaodong can be reached by boat from Dengzhou (Penglai) in Shandong in a few days, so waterway is another important way for Shandong people to go to Northeast China.

It is a very difficult road for Shanxi people to go out and Shandong people to go east. Killing the tiger's mouth is an important way to the Great Wall, but there are many bandits and thieves here. There is a folk saying: "Kill the tiger's mouth, kill the tiger's mouth, and you will be sad if you have no money. Either lose your blood, or behead with a knife, and you are still shaking after passing the tiger's mouth. " Outside the mouth, the Gobi desert and the cold snow are full of difficulties. Shandong people are in danger of stormy waves and pirates crossing the East River. The land is not only blocked by mountains, but also met bandits, local tyrants, rural tyrants and cruel officials along the way. Therefore, going to the west and going to the East is a life and life fight again and again.

Nevertheless, why do people still take great risks to the west and cross the border? Take Shanxi as an example: First, it is close to Mongolia, located between the industrial and agricultural economy of the Central Plains and Mongolian animal husbandry, with obvious geographical advantages. Second, Shanxi is barren, with nine droughts in ten years. Especially in the northwest, there is a folk saying: "Hequ protects Texas for ten years and nine years." Men go outside and women dig wild vegetables. " Forced by life, they have to go out to make a living. Third, during the Qing Dynasty, he went to Mongolia to implement a limited "open" policy. During the Ming Dynasty, Mongolian tribes were in a state of military confrontation with the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, troops were stationed in Jiubian Town along the Great Wall to prevent Mongolian tribes from "harassing" the south. Qing dynasty carried out appeasement policy towards Mongolia. After the Qing Dynasty unified the whole country, there was an urgent need to exchange materials between Mongolian pastoral areas and the agricultural and industrial fields in the Central Plains to meet the needs of people's livelihood, which forced the Qing Dynasty to "open up" to a limited extent. After approval, the Central Plains people were allowed to go to Mongolia, and Shanxi people occupied the geographical position, forming a climax.

There is a folk song in Qingxu County, Shanxi Province: "I am married, I am a doll, and when my doll grows up, I will go to Kanto. Dark blue cloth, green Buddha's head, shrimp and seaweed can't be eaten clearly (chapter 6 of Xugou County Records, Liu Wenbing). " According to the records of the Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty, "In Jilin, Ningguta and other places, except for the local flag bearer, most of the planers came from Shandong, Shanxi and Zhili."

Shanxi people went abroad and Shandong people went to Kanto, which played a positive role in promoting the social and economic development at that time. The first is to promote the exchange of materials and the development of commodity economy inside and outside Serbia and customs. In the Qing Dynasty, Shanxi people not only monopolized the business of Mongolia, but also opened up an international tea Shangluo, starting from the tea producing area, passing through the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, Siberia, Russia, and reaching the hinterland of Europe, St. Petersburg. Shandong people went to the northeast to do business, and they began to appear in the Ming Dynasty. After the Qing army entered the customs, the economic strength of Shandong businessmen in Yingkou, Dalian, Changchun, Anton, Shengjing (Shenyang) and other places gradually increased, and the business circles in Northeast China were almost dominated by Shandong businessmen. Secondly, it promoted the development of towns beyond the Great Wall and beyond the customs. Baotou was originally a non-town Joe, a native of Qixian County, Shanxi Province, first opened a grocery store here, which gradually flourished and formed a town. Therefore, there is a saying that there is a resurfacing in front of Baotou. Chaoyang County in Liaoning Province was also developed under the impetus of Cao Shi, a Shanxi merchant, so there is a saying that "Cao Shi firms came first, then Chaoyang City". The influx of Shandong people into the northeast promoted the development of the Liaohe River basin, and then promoted the development of towns along the river, forming a town layout with Shengjing (Shenyang) as the center, including Jinzhou, Liaoyang, Haicheng, Kaiyuan, Tieling and other counties. Third, the agricultural economy of the Great Wall and the customs is developed. In the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi people developed agricultural land in southern Mongolia, which residents called "Bansheng". By the Qing Dynasty, Guihua (Hohhot) area had gradually changed from pastoral area to agricultural area, and hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land appeared in the desert thousands of miles outside the Great Wall. The Liaohe River Basin in Northeast China is suitable for the development of agricultural economy, and the development of Shandong people in the Liaohe River Basin has made the agricultural economy in this area have a new development.