Northeast immigrants in the late Qing Dynasty

To the east? This is a large-scale migration movement in China's modern history. From the early years of the Qing Dynasty to the early years of the Republic of China, tens of millions of poor people in North China chose to move to the Northeast to start businesses and make a living. This massive migration tide has enabled the ancestors and their descendants of Dongdu to draw a magnificent epic picture on this black land in Northeast China. Their fearless adventurous spirit and indomitable warrior spirit have become the spiritual engines that lead young talents to start their own businesses and survive.

However, as we all know, most people can't live. Because the poor peasants' helpless move is to survive, the northeast has been a cold place since ancient times. Why did these ancestors choose this bitter and cold place instead of the economically prosperous and prosperous South?

Rushing to Guandong stills

First, since the early years of the Qing Dynasty, Shandong has been in war for years, with frequent natural disasters, droughts and locust plagues, which have made farmers who are already living in difficulties have no harvest, and soldiers and bandits have made people's homes homeless. These natural and man-made disasters caused farmers in Shandong to migrate to the nearest northeast region. Of course, geographical proximity is not the only factor. The south is far from Shandong. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, drought and flood in the south were no less than those in Shandong. On the other hand, in the northeast, there is no heavy tax and military service, and there is still a large area of land to be cultivated and reclaimed, which is really a good choice.

Rushing to Guandong stills

The second reason: the fertile soil in the northeast and the imbalance between cultivated land and population in Shandong. From the early years of Qing Dynasty to the prosperous period of Kanggan, the population of Shandong increased sharply due to the development of agriculture. The huge population advantage has indeed brought a prosperous and peaceful atmosphere to Shandong in a short time. However, when the population exceeds ten times, the disadvantages are increasingly exposed.

According to the literature, in the recent 100 years, the number of cultivated land in Shandong has not changed significantly under the condition that the population has increased by dozens of times. In this way, even if the factor of land merger is excluded, the actual cultivated land of farmers is getting less and less, so there are more and more poor families, and even some families have no land to cultivate. Faced with the extreme imbalance between cultivated land and population, in order to survive, people will naturally accelerate the change of their residence.

Rushing to Guandong stills

The densely populated south is also a traditional farming model. Cultivable land has been used up by local people. Even if Shandong people move south, they can only continue to be poor peasants. After realizing this reality, they began to choose areas with vast land, sparsely populated and fertile land, and the northeast of black land naturally became the best choice.

As soon as we enter Kanto, we can get more land, especially in the ancient society where farming civilization dominated. Cultivated land is very attractive to farmers. In fact, it is they who pursue cultivated land in Shandong? To the east? Where is the direct driving force?

Brave the Northeast (barely survive in the northeast of old China)

The third point: The traditional character of Shandong people made them choose the Northeast. Different regions have different regional cultures, and Qilu culture is naturally popular in Shandong. Since ancient times, Qilu people's rough, kind, cautious and simple characters have given them the courage to take the first step. Jiangnan's obsession with money makes them feel that they don't have it? Break? Head; On the contrary, it was the mountains in the northeast and the dim hope that prompted them to go to this land.

When they run from one place to another and come to this place where everything starts from scratch, their hard work, frugality and deep affection in their bones are easily recognized by the northeast people, which is conducive to their identity change from immigrants to locals. There is a big personality gap between the north and the south, which is one of the reasons why Shandong people don't go to the south.