Why do you want to go to Guangdong?

During the historical period from Shunzhi to the Republic of China in the Qing Dynasty, due to natural disasters and other reasons, many people in the Central Plains were forced or took the initiative to cross Shanhaiguan and went to the Northeast for tourism, reclamation and settlement to make a living.

China is a vast country. Since ancient times, Shanhaiguan has been divided into customs and customs. After the Qing Dynasty entered Shanhaiguan, the Aisingiorro family believed that Shanhaiguan was the land of Longxing, the source and root of their clan, and their kin still lived there. In order to avoid assimilation and disturbing the people, the Qing dynasty banned people in the customs from living outside the customs. So before that, the northeast was deserted, and there was no cock crow in Wan Li.

Unexpectedly, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the invasion of western powers, especially Russia, I saw that the Manchu government had such a good land in the northeast, forcing the Qing government to sign the Treaty of Love and the Treaty of Beijing, and the outer Xing 'an Mountains and the area east of the Wusuli River were occupied by Russia.

Then, Japan stepped in. At that time, those in power in the Qing Dynasty could no longer control the situation. Seeing that their hometown was falling, they relaxed the management of the border, liberalized the ban policy and allowed Han people to make a living outside the customs. Therefore, people from Shandong began to flood into Shanhaiguan, so the real period of "going to the East" was in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

The route of the journey:

At that time, Kanto was vast, sparsely populated and fertile, stretching for thousands of miles, which quickly attracted countless people to gather, and the gathering of population quickly promoted the local prosperity; Kanto is also close to the sea, and it is the first choice for all immigrants, whether it is agriculture or commerce.

At that time, Shandong people always had two ways to go: by boat and by travel. Most farmers in Jiaodong go north by boat, that is, through the Bohai Sea; From Jiaodong Peninsula to Liaodong Peninsula by land, you have to go through Shanhaiguan around Bohai Sea, and then take the "Liaoxi Corridor" to reach Kanto thousands of miles away. Most refugees in western Shandong, southern Shandong and northern Shandong take this road.

People can go to Guandong by land and water, and start from Yantai by water. Although the toll is more expensive than land, it can save a lot of travel fatigue. In the later period, many people who went to Kanto to find relatives arrived by water.