安史亂後的人口南遷，一直持續到五代結束(961年)。移民在南方的皆布，極為遼闊，幾乎涵難南方全部。移民南遷的路線，分為東、中、西三路，東路從華北平原進入淮南、江南，經皖南、浙西進入江西。再分二支，一支南下嶺南，一支進入福建。客家人即於此時期遷居廣東東部。中部從關中、華北平原西部經今南陽、襄陽，後然南下，穿過湖北南部、湖南，進入嶺南。西部從關中越過秦嶺，進入漢中和四川。 安史之亂後，中國經濟文化中心轉移到南方，逐漸確立了中華文化的主導地位。

The southward migrations in the wake of the an-Shih Rebellion had not cased until the Five-Dynasty (961 AD). As a consequence, migrants spread extensively all over the south. They moved southwards generally on there routes, namely, east, middle and west. The east route entered Huinan and Chiangnan from the Huapei Plain and proceeded through Wanna and Chehsi into Koianghsi (Jiangxi). It was then split into two ways one leading down to Lingnan and the other going into Fuken. The Hakkah people moved to reside in the eastern part of Kwangtung during this period. The middle route entered Nanyang and Hsiang Plain and went south through south Hupei and Hunan into Lingnan. The west route crossed Chinling form Kuangchung itn Hanchung and Szechwan. Following the An-Shih Rebellion, the economic and cultural center shifted to the south, which had gradually consolidated the dominating status of Chinese culture.