什么是“走西口”？

走西口，是与闯关东、下南洋一道，被列为中国历史上著名的三次人口大迁徙之一。据考证，走西口现象大约从明代中期开始，其高潮出现于明末清初，直到清朝末年，前后经历了大约三百年。走西口不仅仅是一种人口迁徙现象，更是一种精神文化现象，一种“走西口精神”——进取、开拓、宽容。

What is the "walk to the west mouth"?

Xikou is listed as one of the three famous migrations in Chinese history, along with the east and lower Asia.According to research, the phenomenon of west from the middle of the Ming Dynasty, its climax appeared in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, after about three hundred years.Xikou is not only a phenomenon of population migration, but also a spiritual and cultural phenomenon, a spirit of "Xikou spirit" —— enterprising, pioneering and tolerant.