明清时期晋北堡寨边地社会变迁研究OA

Most of forts in northern Shanxi during the Ming and Qing dynasties were located in the border areas where the Mongols and the Han people met.These forts were still battlegrounds in times of war,but became important places for trade in times of peace.Laoyingbu in Pianguan County,Shanxi Province was one of the typical representatives.Laoyingbu was a town city on Western Road of Shanxi Zhen along the Ming Great Wall.Laoying referred to an armed base where the army was stationed for a long time,or the army's general headquarters.Laoyingbu was originally built for military defense,and its flourishing period was also the period when the military situation at the border was in the most tense peri-od.In the Qing Dynasty,the Great Wall defense line which the Ming government had long managed was replaced by a situation of national unity.As the gradual deepening of ethnic integration,Laoyingbu and other forts in northern Shanxi were also undergoing great changes.