Why are there so many Henan people in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province?

Why are there so many Henan people in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province?

Henan is a province with a large population and a large population output. There are millions of Henan people who work outside the home. Henan people who work outside the home are used to gathering together, so that we can often hear where there is "henan village" and "Henan Street". Do you know that in Shaanxi, there is a city full of Henan people, which is called "Little Henan", and this is Baoji City.

Baoji City is located in the west of Guanzhong Plain, with a permanent population of 3786438+00000 at the end of 20 17. In the early days of liberation, Henan natives accounted for more than 70%, and Henan dialect could be heard everywhere. So why are there so many Henan people in Baoji? In fact, it is not because Henan people go to Baoji to work, but the real reason behind it makes viewers sad and listeners cry.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Henan people experienced two great escapes. 1In June, 938, the Kuomintang government bombed the Yellow River levee near Huayuankou, Zhengzhou, in order to prevent the Japanese invaders from advancing westward, and thousands of people went into exile. Many Henan refugees, carrying babies in front and bedrolls behind, fled all the way to the west and poured into Baoji County, where there were only a few thousand people at that time.

The second large-scale flight of Henan people to Baoji was from the summer solstice of 1942 to the spring of 1943. At that time, it was estimated that there were 3 million Henan people who left Tongguan in the west and hundreds of thousands who came to Baoji. After these two great migrations, the population of Baoji City and Henan Province at that time had already occupied an absolute advantage compared with the local population. That is, from then on, Baoji began to be called "Little Henan".

Millions of refugees from Henan came to Baoji county, which had only a few thousand people at that time, to build shacks, dig caves and thrive. The beaches and hillsides outside Baoji are also full of Henan refugees. Henan bear, who speaks Henan dialect, drinks Hu spicy soup and sings Henan opera, is a common impression of local Henan people born and raised in Baoji. Until now, there is a saying in Baoji that "Henan shed bears the burden of Henan".

There are too many Henan people in Baoji. Many Baoji people have to learn Henan dialect to facilitate communication. Today, Henan people are all over Baoji City. A foreigner who opened a shop in Baoji said, "There are so many people in Henan here that you can't do business without speaking Henan dialect!"