明初唐山移民考略

Research on Immigration to Tangshan in the Ming Dynasty

移民史是唐山历史的重要组成部分。唐山地处冀东平原,是连接华北和东北的纽带,是游牧和农耕、中原与塞外的过渡带;地缘条件决定了唐山地区的民族融合现象比比皆是。明初移民唐山的人们带来陶瓷制作技术,使唐山成为陶瓷之都;带来水稻种植技术,使唐山成为北方稻作之都;带来冶炼技术,使唐山成为钢铁之都;带来晒盐技术,使唐山成为北方海盐之都。唐山由边陲荒芜之地到京畿腹里之区的历史,处处都有着移民的印记。

Immigration history is an important component of Tangshan history. Thngshan, located in Jidong plain, is the tie connecting North China and Northeastern part of China and also the transition zone between nomadism and farming and Central plains of China and what is beyond the Great Wall, resulting in the fact that national amalgamation is everywhere. The immigrants to Tangshan in the early Ming Dynasty brought with them ceramic making technology, making Tangshan the home of porcelain, rice planting technology, making Tangshan the city of rice in north China, smelting technology, making Tangshan the capital of iron and steel and salt extraction technology, making Tangshan the center of sea salt in north China. Tangshan, a border area before and an urban city nowadays, is full of immigration imprints.