Pass, refers to Shanhaiguan. The gate of Shanhaiguan, separated by a pass, defines the land outside Shanhaiguan and the Central Plains. However, from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China for hundreds of years, Shandong people who left their homes began to venture eastward.
The so-called Kanto refers to Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces. Because the three northeastern provinces are located in the east of Shanhaiguan, it is named. The number and scale of people who broke through Kanto is one of the largest population movements in human history.
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/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.
1904, the Russo-Japanese War broke out, and a large-scale naval battle and land war took place between Japan and Russia. In the northeast, "tens of thousands of people were caught in the bullets, and those who died in the artillery Lin Lei array lost their lives. Father and son are crying on the road, and relatives and friends are crying on the road, which is unbearable. " .
However, after the September 18th Incident, it became more difficult to move eastward, and many Shandong people returned home to escape Japanese rule and alleviate the drought in the Pass.