Looking at Chinese history, the disasters brought to the Chinese people and the damage caused to Chinese civilization are far more serious than other disasters. In terms of the consequences of disasters, the frequency of major famines caused by droughts and the resulting population deaths are not comparable to other disasters.
In front of a hospital in Liaozhou, disaster victims who came to seek road construction and food assistance were gathered
In 1920, a rare drought occurred in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong and Henan. The disaster situation spread to 317 counties in five provinces. Tens of millions of victims left their hometowns and fled to flee, with a death toll of about 500,000. Faced with natural disasters, Chinese and foreign people generously donated money to help the victims. In Shanxi, half of the southeastern Shanxi is particularly dead. In order to help the victims, the American Red Cross Society and the Huayang Yifu Association jointly implemented a donation relief road construction plan. Using the method of " work-for-relief ", the victims along the way were recruited to build the Pingliao Highway in Yangquan Town, Pingding County - Liao County (now Zuoquan County). Not only did the road construction migrant workers have three meals a day, they could also receive a certain amount of food such as sorghum noodles or clam powder. This move not only allowed the victims to survive the famine safely, but also promoted the development of transportation in Shanxi. On September 23, 1921, the Pingliao Highway, with a total length of 121 kilometers, was officially opened to traffic.
In 1927-1928, in Jinan, hot food was provided in the canteen of the famine refugee camp, and refugees lined up to enter.
The picture shows children fleeing famine refugees in Jinan in 1927.
A famine occurred in Shandong in 1927. At the beginning of the year, heavy rainstorms in southwestern Shandong were caused, most of the houses in the country collapsed, and people were displaced, and they all went to the city to take refuge. In summer and autumn, the province was abnormally drought, followed by locusts and scattered, and summer wheat and autumn crops were almost gone. More than 60 counties were affected, with more than 10 million victims. The 16 counties in the severely affected areas, including Cao and Yan, were not harvested, and starvation was blocked. The disaster situation in the four counties was particularly severe, with grassroots food all over and people cut off.
under drought .
A severe famine occurred in southern Sichuan in June 1937, and the vast majority of rural residents could not make a living. Yilong County An old peasant woman took out the only remaining farm tools and bowls in her home to sell them in exchange for life-saving rations, which reflects that the farmers' lives have reached the end of their lives.
In June 1937, due to drought and rain, the grain harvest was poor, resulting in a severe famine. The disaster spread to the eighteen counties in southern Sichuan, and hunger was everywhere, which was shocking. The photo shows a group of hungry people, dressed in rags and skinny. Most of them are the elderly, weak, women and children, and go to the city to beg for a group of people.
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