Jinsha Jiang

Jinshajiang Jin Sha Jiang English Alternative forms en Kinsha Kiang Kinshakiang Kin-sha-kiang Kin-sha Kiang Kin Sha Kiang Postal en Chin-sha Chiang Chinsha Chiang Chinshachiang Chin-sha-chiang Chin Sha Chiang Wade-Giles en Jinshajiang Jin Sha Jiang also from _ Pinyin en Jingsha Jiang misspelling Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin -Jinsha River, Chinese (Pinyin) Jinsha Jiang, in Encyclopædia Britannica romanization of the en cmn - Chinese pronunciation for 金沙江 Jīnshā Jiāng. Pronunciation en /d͡ʒɪnˈʃɑː ˈd͡ʒjɑŋ/ /-d͡ʒi.æŋ/ 1 jĭn′shä′ jyäng′ Proper noun en Jinsha, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China. en 1988 K. Mark Stevens; George E. Wehrfritz Sichuan Paddy Booz Southwest China: Off the Beaten Track https://archive.org/details/southwestchinaof00stev/ Passport Books 0-8442-9804-2 838954029 8244037M 199 https://archive.org/details/southwestchinaof00stev/page/199/ Yibin, known as the First Port on the Yangzi, is a small city at the point where the Min Jiang and Jinsha Jiang join to form the Yangzi River. en 1989 w:Richard Bangs; Christian Kallen The Yangtze in History Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze https://archive.org/details/ridingdragonsbac0000bang/ 0-689-11932-1 89-15086 19981521 4 https://archive.org/details/ridingdragonsbac0000bang/page/4/ Above Yibin, the river is the River of Golden Sands, the Jinsha Jiang, a tumultuous thousand-mile-long tributary whose wild waters reflect the bandit-ridden heritage of its remote tribes. When it reaches into Qinghai Province and the Tibetan Plateau, the Jinsha Jiang becomes known as the Tongtian Ho — the River to Heaven, whose crystalline waters nourish the nomads at the farthest reach of the Celestial Kingdom. en 1993 w:William Lindesay Victory and Punishment at Jiaopingdu Marching with Mao: A biographical journey https://archive.org/details/marchingwithmaob0000lind/ w:Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-55664-1 29518730 88–89 https://archive.org/details/marchingwithmaob0000lind/page/88/ The Reds had no interest in Kunming. The way was open to the Jinsha Jiang, the river of Golden Sands.The first of these targets was the riverside hamlet of Jiaopingdu, as important to me on my route of badges as it had been to the Communists who wanted to cross the Jinsha Jiang there and to the Nationalists who wanted to prevent them. en Derived terms en jinshajiangite Translations river Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 金沙江 Jīnshā Jiāng Japanese: ja Korean: ko References