What does it mean to break through Dongguan?

"Guan" to the east refers to Shanhaiguan. /kloc-in the 9th century, the lower reaches of the Yellow River in China suffered from famine year after year, and the people of the Central Plains in the lower reaches of the Yellow River invaded the Northeast on a large scale, which was the largest in history. At that time, the Boxer Rebellion and imperialism seized the opportunity to carve up China, and Russia gained many privileges in Northeast China. After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan forced Russia to transfer its privileges to Japan.

So from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China, people from Shanhaiguan, mainly from Shandong and Zhili, began to go east. The TV series Crossing the Kanto is a living example. For these farmers, crossing Kanto is a hard time and a journey of struggle.

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Most people who go to Guangdong come from Shandong and Hebei. From the early Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the number of people who went to Kanto reached 30 million, most of whom were forced to make a living because of natural disasters and wars. They need to overcome all kinds of difficulties from the mainland to Kanto, either crossing the ocean or wading through mountains and rivers.

When these farmers entered the vast northeast, many people were forced to do heavy manual labor, so they were not liked by the local people. These locals, namely Manchu, Mongolian and refugees, were not very friendly to these foreigners at first. It is recorded that "most of the indigenous people swear", "but because of different nationalities, language barriers and family ties can not be reconciled, Mongolia bullies them even more ...".

The story of Zhu Kaishan, the hero of the TV series "Rushing to the East", panning for gold in Laojingou is a true portrayal of that era. At that time, there was a saying in the local area called "Laojingou panning for gold, Manchu people didn't do it, locals didn't do it, and Shandong people did it!" Seven or eight of the ten gold prospectors are from Shandong. If they want to find gold, they must be watched by officers and soldiers and threatened by bandits. The degree of hardship can be imagined.

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