河曲，自古十年九不收，有走西口民歌曰：在家中无生计西口外行，路上数不尽艰难种种：扔妻子，撇父母，实实惨心；此一去，东三天，西两天，无处安身；上后山，拔麦子，两手流脓；大青山，背大炭，压断背筋；沙蒿塔，碰土匪，几乎送命……一首河曲民歌道出了此地生存环境的恶 Hequ, nine years since ancient times do not accept, there are folk songs go west: said at home with no livelihood West exit, the road countless difficult kinds: throwing his wife, parents, real miserable; this one, the East three days, West two Days, nowhere to lay; on the mountain, pull the wheat, both hands with pus; Castle Peak, back big charcoal, pressure broken dorsal tendon; Artemisia tower, touch the bandits, almost give life ... a song folk song out of the living environment evil