What happened to Shanxi people's "westward advance"?

People who go to the west are mainly from Shanxi. At that time, Shanxi people were very poor. The main reason for their poverty was that the natural conditions in Shanxi were too poor, not only the land was barren, but also natural disasters were frequent. In the more than 300 years of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 100 disasters in Shanxi Province, once every three years on average, and the longest drought was 1 1 year.

More than 3 million Shanxi people died in this famine. Going out may break a path, which is better than starving to death. So there was Shanxi people marching west.

Westbound, along with Kanto and South Asia, is listed as the three famous population migrations in the history of China. According to textual research, the phenomenon of westward travel began in the middle of Ming Dynasty, and its climax appeared in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties until the late Qing Dynasty, which lasted about 300 years.

Westward is not only a phenomenon of population migration, but also a spiritual and cultural phenomenon, a "westward spirit"-enterprising, pioneering and inclusive.

Extended data:

"Westward" groups of immigrants left their homes and came to Mongolia outside Beikou to make efforts to develop Inner Mongolia. With the process of "westward migration", Inner Mongolia outside the mouth has evolved from a traditional single nomadic society to a diversified society with both banner and county, grazing and farming.

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. The migration wave of "going to the west" 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.