"Bandit" is a very general term. Different times or different classes and strata at the same time refer to bandits with different connotations. The "Kanto Beard", that is, the bandits in Northeast China, is a rogue or bandit gang that has been active in Northeast China for a long time. However, in the minds of ordinary people, "bandits" are always compared with "thieves". In fact, bandits are not limited to local people, and their activities are often not limited to their own hometown. Bandits in the history of Panjin Greenwood are called horse thieves and rattlers. Therefore, it is called a horse thief, because all of them ride horses, so there is a rumor among the people in Laopanshan that "one person, one horse, one gun, is lazy to be a big gang". Horse thief is a sedentary household who has lived on both sides of the lower reaches of Liaohe River for at least three generations (in the early Republic of China). Horse thief's riding skills and marksmanship are two unique skills. They ride horses without saddles, can sleep soundly on horseback, and gallop long distances without falling to the ground; And you can put two guns together without missing a shot. Horse thieves are also called bandits. It is said that when they go out to rob, whether they have beards or not, they all paint their mouths with red to make beards, so they are also called red beards. Xiangma, originally a gang active in Zhili and Shandong, is called Xiangma because it goes out like a horse thief and will ride a horse.