What is "guandong"

Guandong, Kwantung, or other variants (關東/関東/关东/Guāndōng) meaning "east of the pass" may refer to:

• A historical name for all of Manchuria, i.e. east of Shanhai Pass
• Kwantung Leased Territory, a small section of the above region controlled by Russia and, then, Japan from 1898 to 1945
  • Kwantung Army, stationed in the above territory before 1945
• The North China Plain, i.e. east of Tong Pass, as opposed to Guanzhong
• Gwandong, a traditional region and another name for Gangwon (historical province) in Korea
• Guandong (town) (官垌镇), town in Pubei County, Guangxi, China