Introduction to the westward migration group of the Xibe people: In 1764 AD (the 29th year of Qianlong), in order to strengthen the border defense of the Western Regions that had been empty due to successive years of war, Emperor Qianlong moved to the Xibo barracks, which was relatively powerful among the Eight Banners soldiers. Select 1,020 officers and soldiers and order them to move westward to Yili to cultivate and guard the border. On the 18th day of the fourth lunar month of this year, in the morning light of Shengjing (Shenyang), there was already a sea of ​​people in front of the Xibo Family Temple. The 1,020 officers and soldiers and their families selected by the emperor to move westward, a total of more than 5,000 people, had to say goodbye to their fellow villagers and embark on the long journey westward.

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