Jinsha

jinsha Jīnshā English Jinsha River Alternative forms en Kinsha Kin-sha Kin Sha Postal en Chinsha Chin-sha Chin Sha Wade-Giles en Jin Sha also from _ Pinyin en Jingsha misspelling Pronunciation en /d͡ʒɪnˈʃɑ/, emulating Chinese /d͡ʒin-/ /t͡ʃin-/, jĭn′shä′Kinsha or Chin-sha 951 2 en ɑː 2 en Jin sha Etymology 1 From the en cmn - Chinese pronunciation for ^金沙 golden sand. Proper noun en Q1038418en river p/Qinghai and western p/Sichuan c/China the headwater of the Yangtze. en 1987 Brief Description of the Main Tectonic Units of China Geotectonic Evolution of China https://archive.org/details/geotectonicevolu0000unse/ 0-387-16606-8 39247959 2097044M 83 https://archive.org/details/geotectonicevolu0000unse/page/83/ The Sanjiang Fold System is an Indosinian geosynclinal fold system, lying in western Yunnan and the Qamdo area of Tibet east of the Nujiang River and west of the Jinsha River. In eastern Tibet the Jinsha, Lancang and Nujiang Rivers turn suddenly to the south to form the famous Sanjiang (Three-River) Valley. en 1995 1935 w:Chen Yun My Experiences on the Westward March Selected Works of Chen Yun https://archive.org/details/selected-works-volume-1/ I Beijing w:Foreign Languages Press 7-119-01720-9 903886430 54–55 https://archive.org/details/selected-works-volume-1/page/55/ Except for the ten or more days when we rested in Zunyi Prefecture in northern Guizhou Province and the five days when we stopped in Huili County after we had crossed the Jinsha River, we spent all of our time marching, regardless of the weather, from Jiangxi to Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and then to Xikang⁶⁶ provinces, and then on to Lifan¹⁰² and Songpang in Sichuan Province. en 2016 Richard Loseby 10 A Boy of China https://archive.org/details/boyofchina0000lose/ Non-fiction w:HarperCollins 978-1-7755-4088-5 999356055 120 https://archive.org/details/boyofchina0000lose/page/120/ 'Here,' announced Wei, 'is the start of the mighty Tongtian River, which flows into the Jinsha River and then into our glorious Yangtze.' en JUNE 30, 2020 David Stanway China's giant Wudongde hydro project begins power generation Kenneth Maxwell https://web.archive.org/web/20200630120056/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-hydropower-idUSKBN24107Z 30 June 2020 w:Reuters Environment A ceremony was held on Monday to mark the coming on stream of the first unit of the Wudongde power plant, built near the provincial border of Yunnan and Sichuan on the Jinsha river, the upstream branch of the Yangtze. en June 28, 2021 China turns on world’s second-biggest hydropower dam https://web.archive.org/web/20210628082138/https://apnews.com/article/china-dams-business-49bd453ecd314b3b1292aaa429c91be6 28 June 2021 w:AP News The Baihetan Dam on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze, is part of Chinese efforts to curb surging fossil fuel demand by building more hydropower capacity at a time when dams have fallen out of favor in other countries due to environmental complaints. en A culture in prehistoric China, named for its type site, Jinsha. en 2007 Yinke Deng Sanxingdui, a Civilization Independent from the Central Plains Avery Martha; Pan Yue History of China https://archive.org/details/historyofchina0000deng/ Beijing China Intercontinental Press (zh 五洲传播出版社) 978-7-5085-1098-9 212807439 44 https://archive.org/details/historyofchina0000deng/page/44/ The gold stick unearthed in Sanxingdui Site and the gold crown band unearthed in Jinsha Site. Both of them have the combined designs of man heads, arrows, birds, and fish. They bear an almost same style, which shows the continuity of the Jinsha culture and the Sanxingdui culture. en 2009 Miriam Clifford; Cathy Giangrande; Antony White China: Museums https://archive.org/details/chinamuseums0000clif/ Odyssey Books 978-962-217-804-5 699213669 26058140M 246 https://archive.org/details/chinamuseums0000clif/page/246/ As the climate at the time was warmer than today and the Chengdu Plain was forested, it is not unlikely that elephants thrived here.Phase II is equivalent to the late Shang to mid Western Zhou and marks the high point of Jinsha Culture. This is when we find beautiful bronzes, gold and jade, as well as some ivory. en 2011 Li Xianyao; Luo Zhewen China's Museums https://archive.org/details/chinasmuseums0000lixi_n4y6/ w:Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-18690-2 711539267 82 https://archive.org/details/chinasmuseums0000lixi_n4y6/page/82/ The Jinsha Theater near the Conservation Center provides a small venue for artistic performances related to the Jinsha culture. en en archaeological site district/Qingyang city/Chengdu p/Sichuan c/China. en October 5, 2003 Corinne LaBalme WHAT'S DOING IN; Paris https://web.archive.org/web/20150527230140/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/travel/what-s-doing-in-paris.html 27 May 2015 w:The New York Times 0362-4331 1645522 Travel But long before that, Parisians will have had ample chance to familiarize themselves with Chinese culture. From Oct. 14 to Jan. 28, the Hôtel de Ville,showcases recent Bronze Age excavations in the Szechuan Province, in western China, including artifacts from the Jinsha site (1200-1000 B.C.) discovered in February 2001. en 2007 Yinke Deng Sanxingdui, a Civilization Independent from the Central Plains Avery Martha; Pan Yue History of China https://archive.org/details/historyofchina0000deng/ Beijing China Intercontinental Press (zh 五洲传播出版社) 978-7-5085-1098-9 212807439 42 https://archive.org/details/historyofchina0000deng/page/42/ The continued discovery of Jinsha Site in 2001 after Sanxingdui might provide a persuasive reference to the myth of Sanxingdui civilization. en 2009 Miriam Clifford; Cathy Giangrande; Antony White China: Museums https://archive.org/details/chinamuseums0000clif/ Odyssey Books 978-962-217-804-5 699213669 26058140M 246 https://archive.org/details/chinamuseums0000clif/page/246/ Other smaller sites nearby have been identified as Shu kingdom sites, but Jinsha is by far the largest and has the most valuable artefacts and largest structures and so is believed to have been the capital city. It is now thought that when Sanxingdui was abandoned, the Shu capital moved to Jinsha until its mysterious decline around 600 BC. en 2011 Li Xianyao; Luo Zhewen China's Museums https://archive.org/details/chinasmuseums0000lixi_n4y6/ w:Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-18690-2 711539267 82 https://archive.org/details/chinasmuseums0000lixi_n4y6/page/82/ Visitors follow a sloping path to view the exhibits, which show the ecological environment, daily life and religious activities of ancient Jinsha, as well as the origin and evolution of ancient Shu civilization. en 2011 Ralph D. Sawyer Ancient Fortifications, II Ancient Chinese Warfare https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/ w:Basic Books 978-0-465-02145-1 2010051391 657595552 26042178M 52 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/page/52/ Finally, an early Bronze Age site about four kilometers square has been discovered at Chin-sha, some thirty-eight kilometers west of San-hsing-tui.²⁶ Although the numerous artifacts and divinatory practices indicate strong Shang influence, Chin-sha has been interpreted as the center of another independent, peripheral people sufficiently powerful to challenge the Shang. on en September 7, 2022 Attracting Science Fiction Fans All Over the World, the World Science Fiction Conference (Worldcon) Officially Started Its ‘Chengdu Time’ https://web.archive.org/web/20220907051943/https://apnews.com/press-release/kisspr/entertainment-fiction-chengdu-b2ce29ac19ffc6a03aa030eca465c886 07 September 2022 https://apnews.com/press-release/kisspr/entertainment-fiction-chengdu-b2ce29ac19ffc6a03aa030eca465c886 AP News, KISSPR For the Chengdu Worldcon in 2023, Clark Clarke expressed his great expectation, hoping to meet old friends at the conference, and even hoped to have the opportunity to visit Jinsha Site. He believes that the ancient Sichuan civilization can bring him new inspiration. en en county prefecture-level city/Bijie p/Guizhou c/China. en 1968 w:Jerome Alan Cohen The Criminal Process in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1963: An Introduction https://books.google.com/books?id=LzYXfcS08kkC Cambridge, Mass. w:Harvard University Press 9780674176508 68-14252 304656 476 https://books.google.com/books?id=LzYXfcS08kkC&pg=PA476 https://archive.org/details/criminalprocessi0000jero_w9r9/page/476/ Under the unifying arrangements of the Party committee the people’s procuracy of Chin-sha county took seven days’ time and handed over to the masses for debate the cases in which it had approved applications for arrest. on en 23 September 1986 21 April 1986 Ziyong Zhang Procuratorates in Our Province at All Levels Make Remarkable Achievements in Crackdown on Economic Crime; Nearly 20 Million Yuan in Economic Losses Retrieved for the State Last Year China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-cps-86-076/ 0891-351X 5397485 55–56 https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-cps-86-076/page/56/ In handling the graft case involving Chen Guiliang [7115 6311 5328], director of the county hydroelectric power bureau, and other major graft cases, the procuratorate of Jinsha County showed no fear of powerful forces and difficulties, and swept aside all resistance, breaking through layer after layer of personal relationships to bare the facts relating to Chen Chiliang's graft and embezzlement of more than 100,000 yuan of drought relief funds, en 1996 w:Jasper Becker The Other Provinces Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine https://archive.org/details/hungryghostsmaos00beck/ The Free Press 0-684-83457-X 96-32803 243695119 162 https://archive.org/details/hungryghostsmaos00beck/page/162/ In the region of Zunyi, in northern Guizhou, the site of a famous Party meeting during the Long March, only one in eight survived. In other places, such as Jinsha county, a quarter of the population died. en 2000 w:Graham Hutchings Guizhou Province Modern China: A Guide to a Century of Change https://archive.org/details/modernchinaguide0000hutc_z9p7/ Cambridge, Mass. w:Harvard University Press 0-674-00658-5 2001024386 46575441 176 https://archive.org/details/modernchinaguide0000hutc_z9p7/page/176/ 2 At least one million of Guizhou’s then 16 million people are believed to have died during the early 1960s. Many of the deaths occurred in Zunyi and neighbouring Jinsha county, the result of violent appropriation of grain by officials. en en urban township county/Kinmen County c/Taiwan. en 2005 台灣鄉鎮之美 Taiwan Town and Country https://books.google.com/books?id=2QagmlpldUoC 遠流出版事業股份有現公司 9789860038590 77275260 184 Jinsha, located in the northeast of Kinmen Island, is subjected to powerful northeastern winds every monsoon season. en Jun 23, 2015 Jake Chung Students graduate on Taiwu Mountain w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 https://web.archive.org/web/20221021123422/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/06/23/2003621382 21 October 2022 Taiwan News The two elementary-school students graduating this year, Yang Hao-lung (zh 楊昊龍) and Chang Wei-shih (zh 張煒世), started out from the school at 8:30am yesterday and jogged to Jinsha Township (zh 金沙) Office before riding a tandem bicycle to the entrance of the ancient trail into Taiwu Mountain (zh 太武山), bordered by the Tsai (zh 蔡) family’s ancestral house. en 2018/06/08 Scott Morgan Former Mayor in Kinmen County, Taiwan sentenced to 11 years on bribery charges w:Taiwan News https://web.archive.org/web/20180614154610/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3452183 14 June 2018 Society The Supreme Court sentenced former KMT Mayor of Jinsha Township (zh 金沙鎮) in Kinmen County (zh 金門縣) to 11 years in prison on bribery and abuse of public office charges. en 04 January 2019 Charlie Storrar VIDEO: Pig infected with ASF washes up on Kinmen https://web.archive.org/web/20221021120427/https://en.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2000392 21 October 2022 w:Radio Taiwan International The pig carcass was discovered on New Year’s Eve on a beach in the township of Jinsha. Kinmen lies just off the Chinese coast and authorities say the pig floated the short distance from the mainland. en 09/28/2020 Huei-min Huang; Kay Liu Kinmen holds Lego-themed event in restored cinema https://web.archive.org/web/20201001174828/https://focustaiwan.tw/ad/202009280005 01 October 2020 w:Focus Taiwan At Jindong cinema in Kinmen's Jinsha Township, two 184cm tall Wind Lion God statues and eight smaller ones were displayed with other cinema related and Kinmen-themed items built by Lego certified professional Rack Huang (zh 黃智彥). en Jinsha Township https://web.archive.org/web/20220810082137/https://www.kinmen.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=72CD566167A6DD62&sms=E4648578D797B924&s=F32DF2E106B58C15 10 August 2022 Kinmen County Government The shortest distance between Jinsha Township and the mainland China is from Mashan to Jiaoyu, which is only 1,800 meters at low tide. en Synonyms river en Jinsha Jiang, en Jinshajiang, en Jin Sha Jiang, en Kinsha Kiang, en Kinshakiang, en Kin-sha-kiang, en Kin-sha Kiang, en Kin Sha Kiang, en Chin-sha Chiang, en Chinsha Chiang, en Chinshachiang, en Chin-sha-chiang, en Chin Sha Chiang Translations river; culture; county; urban township Arabic: ar جينشا f jinshā Chinese: Cantonese: yue 金沙 Mandarin: cmn 金沙 Jīnshā Hindi: hi जिन्शा f Japanese: ja 金沙 kinsa Korean: ko 금사(金沙) Polish: pl Jinsha f Further reading en 1998 Jinsha Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1451 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1451/ 2 Etymology 2 From the en cmn - Chinese pronunciation for 津沙. Proper noun en village rural township/Nangan county/Lienchiang County c/Taiwan. en https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781843535270/ The Rough Guide to Taiwan w:Rough Guides Stephen Keeling; Brice Minnigh Penguin 2007 978-1-84353-527-0 466340762 487 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781843535270/page/487/ These establishments charge a premium due to their proximity to the port, but with the exception of the Holiday Hotel (see p.485) none are worth the price, and you'll do much better heading to one of the atmospheric homestays at either Jinsha or Nioujiao village. en 2014 Steven Crook Taiwan https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000croo/ 2nd w:Bradt Guides 978 1 84162 497 6 913850406 330 https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000croo/page/330/ Jinsha One of the archipelago’s most attractive villages, Jinsha has benefited from local government subsidies to preserve and restore traditional one- and two-storey granite houses. en https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000kell/ Taiwan's Islands Taiwan 9th w:Lonely Planet Travel Robert Kelly; Chung Wah Chow 2014 978-1-74220-135-1 951274659 293 https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000kell/page/293/ 2 Homestays are springing up in the villages of Fuxing, Jinsha and Qingshui, which have restored their traditional houses to make the towns a better match to the lovely surroundings. en September 15, 2017 Richard Saunders Off the Beaten Track: Nangan island: Gateway to stunning Matsu https://web.archive.org/web/20171112051523/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2017/09/15/2003678458/2 14 September 2017 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Features 2 Continuing along the coast past pretty Jinsha village (zh 津沙), there’s a succession of lovely views over the ocean all the way to Magang (zh 馬港), once the main gateway to Matsu for ships from Taiwan. en Translations village Arabic: ar جينشا f jinshā Chinese: Cantonese: yue 津沙 Mandarin: cmn 津沙 Jīnshā Hindi: hi जिन्शा f Japanese: ja 津沙 shinsa Korean: ko 진사(津沙) jinsa Polish: pl Jinsha f References Anagrams en ahijns Jhansi Janish Jishan