On The History Study Of "Zou Xi Kou"

Zou Xi-kou is a traditional classical program of the local play Er-ren-tai.The sreading of play and its far-reaching influence make the word "Zou Xi-kou" become a term which stands for North China immigrants'going up north to Xi-kou to live.Focusing on the story of the play "Zou Xi-kou" and using the methods of historical materialism, the dissertation examines the immigrant culture and this social historical phenomenon in Modern times of China .The paper reveals the skeleton of economy and culture and the condition of social changes in West of Inner Mongolia in order to serve for social development and cultural prosperity in Inner Mongolia.This dissertation consists of five chapters.In chapter one,after consulting a lot of materials,using the methods of textual research and sociology,the author finds out that "Xi-kou"which people often talk about refers to the"Gui-hua"city(Thatis the old town of today's Huhhot City).and that "Xi-kou" is the common name of Gui-hua city.As a result,the author repudiates the dominant argument of "Sha-hu-kou" and changes of " Xi-kou " so as to open up a way to historical study of "Zou Xi-kou".In the second part,using historical documents and historical geography, the author takes Mongol banner in Xi-kou region in Qing dynasty for example to expound the process of land cultivated by people who lived on agriculture and reveal the full view of agricultural society in Xi-kou region。The study paves the way for knowing about "Zou Xi-kou" and the social phenomenon of "Zou Xi-kou".In this part,the paper also points out that various Mongol banner in Xi-kou region had different cognition on their land ,and the difference directly led to different ways after they came to Xi-kou region.In the third part,using the methods of traditional history and sociology,the paper analyses two issues including who came to Xi-kou region and why they went to Xi-kou and concludes that establishing household register in the 10th year of Guangxv made the people who came to Xi-kou region and their descendants regard the Xi-kou region as their own native place.In the fourth part, using the methods of traditional history and sociology,the author studies Ding-Wu year's famine in Shanxi region and proves that it was Ding-Wu year's famine that brought about traditional opera "Zou Xi-kou". Ding-Wu year's famine impelled people in Shanxi to move to Xi-kou region and brought about a trend of immigrants in modern history of Inner Mongolia. In the fifth part,using the methods of historical geography and toponomy, the author examines the origin of every name of many villages in Xi-kou region and finds that there are sixteen kinds of village's name.The author illustrates that villages' names are very rich and complicated.The study of villages' names establishes firm geographical foundation for the research of social changes in Xi-kou region and the social historical phenomenon of Zou Xi-kou".This study accumulates experience and methods for promoting the similar research.Through above five aspects,the author has grasped the general picture of social changes in Xi-kou region,and expounded the immigrants cultural phenomenon of "Zou Xi-kou".The study contributes to the construction of local and district culture,especially to enterprise of constructing great and strong cultural district in Inner Mongolia.The research also provides our national government and local government with historical reference for arranging immigrants and dealing with "farmer-worker" problems and for canceling countries and merging them into towns.In the meantime,the research provides reference for doing ethnic work in ethnic area and for enhancing nations united.Therefore,the study has important historical and actual significance.