What place does Xiananyang refer to?

People who go to Southeast Asia mainly come from Guangdong and Fujian, and their destination is Southeast Asia.

Due to its geographical proximity, Southeast Asia has become a place of immigration and refuge for China immigrants. Therefore, this migration is called "Lower Nanyang" in history.

Nanyang is a deep area called Southeast Asia in Ming and Qing Dynasties (excluding northern Vietnam). ) and its nearby areas dominated by water (one is the coast of Sri Lanka, Maldives and India in South Asia, while the west coast of Arabian Sea belongs to the western ocean; The second is the northern part of Australia east of Indonesia, namely Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, and the third is the western Pacific islands such as Palau Islands east of the Philippines.

The geographical concept of Nanyang mainly refers to the vast areas including the ten ASEAN countries, including the Malay Archipelago, Philippine Archipelago and Indonesian Archipelago, as well as the coastal areas of Indo-China Peninsula and Malay Peninsula. In a broad sense, Nanyang also includes India, Australia, New Zealand and nearby Pacific islands.

The Historical Context of China People Going to Nanyang.

The word Nanyang probably first appeared in the Ming Dynasty. The rapid population expansion in Ming Dynasty, coupled with the government's closed door, hindered international trade and made life difficult for fishermen. Rationing in the Ming Dynasty could no longer feed the growing population. In this case, many Cantonese people in Fujian on the southeast coast can only go out to sea to seek a new life.

They left their homeland and probably came to Indo-China Peninsula, Philippine Islands, Indonesia Islands and other places by smuggling, where they cultivated or did business. At that time, it was called "going down to Nanyang"-it was an act, and it was not clear where Nanyang was.