Migration Of Population And Change Of Society In Xiangtan Area Of Hunan In The Period Of Ming And Qing

Population migration is important manifestation of population problem, which has important influnce on social development of one country or district. Population migration and movement and the changes of social relation that it caused are key questions, which involve politics, economy and culture etc.Xiangtan county lies at the bank of Xiangjiang, and in the central east of Hunan province, which population moved in before Yuan Dynasty one after another. In Ming and Qing period, because war and attraction of geographical location and so on, the population of Xiangtan county moved very frequently, all kinds of immigrant, the military one is the main form, Accompanied by agricultural immigration, commercial and other types of migrants moving into the pattern of a large number of migrants, the population density and quantity of Xiangtan county increased by a big margin. Enormous immigrant moved in, which promoted the development of agriculture and industry and commerce, and formed rice industry, medicine industry steelmaking industry and Binlang industry, it also brought Buddhism, Taoism, Islamism and other religious belief, led to the changes of current tendencies in society, and brought significant effect on the development of economy, culture, etc. of Xiangtan county.