"Reclamation and border garrison" have a long history in our country, mainly military and civilian villages.

As early as the Western Han Dynasty, the Han government summed up the lessons of the failed Western Expedition and began to "install school captains and farm fields and plows" to create conditions for the Han Dynasty to unify the Western Regions. After the unification of the Western Regions in 60 BC, the Western Han Dynasty further expanded its farming operations in the Western Regions. The soldiers in the farming areas were both soldiers and farmers, farming and fighting. This not only provided food and grass for the army and ensured its combat effectiveness, but also developed production and prospered the economy. , promoted social progress in border areas, and was also an important force in maintaining social stability and developing the economy of the Western Regions. Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, all dynasties have regarded farming as an important measure to unify and manage the Western Regions.

Among them, the Tang and Qing dynasties had the largest scale of farming and the most significant results