The Merchant Of Shanxi And The Inner Mongolia Economic And Cultural Change

The merchant of Shanxi is the meaning of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to do business in Mongolia area.From early seventeenth Century to mid twentieth Century, after more than300years, in its heyday was almost a monopoly of trade and finance in the whole Mongolia area, have a profound impact on Mongolia regional economic culture and Mongolia’s production and life style, thought and culture. The businessmen belonging to the research scope, in today’s academic research on the science, there is a "defect in Shanxi Merchants", many scholars have pointed out, the regional study of Shanxi business is to be one of the deeper issues. In this paper, based on the existing research results, discuss the Qing Dynasty businessmen in a series of activities in Inner Mongolia, including business for the formation, development and decline; The famous trade name in Mongolia "Shengkui","Yuan Sheng De" business activities on the Mongolian influence; The strength of the trend of immigration and Mongolian Han ethnic fusion;Commercial city and development.Mongolia traveling influence area of Inner Mongolia Shanxi Merchants Group mainly concentrated in two aspects:One is the impact of Mongolia traveling business culture. The businessmen business activities enhance the herdsmen in Mongolia commodity and currency consciousness, led to the rise and development of Mongolian small town, Mongolia area appears excited Mongolian people in business groups, has caused the change of Mongolia traditional cultural life. The two is the impact of immigrant farming culture.A large number of immigrants into Mongolia Xikou, marriage, and the Mongolian nationality, Mongolian two cultural fusion speed, forming a farming and nomadic coexist Han intersection area, in the vast region and form a kind of "Feihanfeimeng, Mongolia Youhan" immigrants "Xikou culture". Immigrant farming culture promoted the development of Mongolian and Han intersection area agriculture, handicraft industry and commerce, led the rise of Mongolian villages and towns, created a new art form "manhandiao". Therefore, the connotation of the businessmen culture is diverse, should comprehensively assess its influence on economic social and cultural changes in Inner Mongolia in the Qing dynasty. In this process, there are a few points should be clearly explained:one is Inner Mongolia business city, not only because of the impact of business activities, should also pay attention to Xikou immigration into Monte, promote the combination of grassland animal husbandry and agricultural planting industry in economic life, so that a part of Mongolia nationality from nomadic variable for animal husbandry or to settle agriculture change, and change the way of economic life is the basis of Trade City formation. Two is the "West" culture is a kind of cultural exchange, including the invasion of the farming culture of the Central Plains to the nomadic culture, including the infiltration of nomadic culture on farming culture, is the result of two cultures collide with each other, mutual fusion. Entering the new century, with the development of the western development and market economy in Inner Mongolia, carry forward the "businessmen" culture still has important practical significance.