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Jinshan
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jìnshàn Jīnshān jīnshān
English
Jinshan District
thumb|250px|Jinshan District in Shanghai
thumb|250px|Jinshan District in New Taipei
Alternative forms
en Chinshan Chin-shan Wade-Giles
Etymology
The atonal en cmn-pinyin - of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 金山 Jīnshān Gold Mountain.
area in Shanghai Named for Dajinshan Island to its south, the highest point of natural elevation in Shanghai Municipality.
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒɪn.ʃɑn/ /d͡ʒin-/ /-ʃæn/, jĭn′shän′Kinshan or Chin-shan 951 2
en æn 2
en Jin shan
Proper noun
en district direct-administered municipality/Shanghai c/China.
en 2008 zh:王慧敏<t:Wang Huimin>; et al. zh:上海旅游<t:Shanghai> https://archive.org/details/shanghai0000unse_p5n5/ China Travel Kit Series 1st Beijing w:Foreign Languages Press 978-7-119-05136-9 320788346 32141126M 13 https://archive.org/details/shanghai0000unse_p5n5/page/13/ Jinshan peasants’ paintings, an- other symbol of Shanghai’s Hai Pai style, characteristic of the plain tastes of local peasants, are well known both at home and abroad. The painters are all ordinary peasants. The studio is located in the ancient town Zhujing, Jinshan District.
en June 17, 2022 Alexandra Stevenson Explosions and Fire Break Out at Sinopec’s Shanghai Headquarters w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20220618030004/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/business/shanghai-explosions-fire-sinopec.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/business/shanghai-explosions-fire-sinopec.html June 18, 2022 0362-4331 1645522 Business A huge fire broke out Saturday at the headquarters of a petrochemical facility in southeast Shanghai, state media reported.The fire started around at 4 a.m. at an ethylene glycol processing unit owned by Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, a state-owned oil company whose headquarters are in an industrial park in the suburban Jinshan district.
en Q570104en district special municipality/New Taipei c/Taiwan.
en June 27, 2016 Tyrone Siu; Patrick Johnston Keepers of the flame: Taiwan keeps the art of fire fishing alive Nick Macfie https://web.archive.org/web/20160628155141/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-fishing-idUSKCN0ZD15X 28 June 2016 w:Reuters Life There used to be 300 boats using the traditional fire fishing method each night but now there are only three, according to the local fishermen’s association in Jinshan District, north of Taipei.
en 10/16/2024 Kao Chien-hua; Wang Hung-kuo; Matthew Mazzetta New Taipei museum reopens after flood damage from Typhoon Krathon w:Focus Taiwan https://web.archive.org/web/20250317233213/https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202410160005 Taipei, (Central News Agency (Taiwan) CNA) https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202410160005 March 17, 2025 Culture Juming Museum in New Taipei's Jinshan District reopened to the public on Tuesday, 11 days after suffering extensive damage from flooding caused by Typhoon Krathon.
en historical en A <<former kingdom>> in <<p/Gansu>>, <<c/China>>, during the early 10th century.
Synonyms
former kingdom en Guiyi, en Kui-i
Translations
district of Shanghai, China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 金山
Mandarin: cmn 金山 Jīnshān
Japanese: ja
former kingdom in Gansu, China
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 金山國; cmn 西漢金山國
See also
en Golden Hill
en Gold Mountain
References
Further reading
en 1998 Jinshan 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
en Former countries and country-like entities