Citations:Jinsha

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English citations of Jinsha

River in China[edit]

  • 2020 June 30, David Stanway, “China's giant Wudongde hydro project begins power generation”, in Kenneth Maxwell, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 30 June 2020, 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.

Prehistoric Culture in China[edit]

Archaeological Site in China[edit]

  • [2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, “Ancient Fortifications, II”, in Ancient Chinese Warfare[3], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.]

County in Guizhou, China[edit]

Township in Taiwan[edit]

  • 2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 [Taiwan Town and Country]‎[8], 遠流出版事業股份有現公司, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 184:
    Jinsha, located in the northeast of Kinmen Island, is subjected to powerful northeastern winds every monsoon season.
  • 2010, 復興岡學報[9], number 97, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 248:
    When it comes to the lieutenant generals, 3 are residents in Jincheng Township and Jinsha Township each, at 42.86 []
  • 2015 June 23, Jake Chung, “Students graduate on Taiwu Mountain”, in Taipei Times[10], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 October 2022, Taiwan News‎[11]:
    The two elementary-school students graduating this year, Yang Hao-lung (楊昊龍) and Chang Wei-shih (張煒世), started out from the school at 8:30am yesterday and jogged to Jinsha Township (金沙) Office before riding a tandem bicycle to the entrance of the ancient trail into Taiwu Mountain (太武山), bordered by the Tsai () family’s ancestral house.
  • 2018 June 8, Scott Morgan, “Former Mayor in Kinmen County, Taiwan sentenced to 11 years on bribery charges”, in Taiwan News[12], archived from the original on 14 June 2018, Society‎[13]:
    The Supreme Court sentenced former KMT Mayor of Jinsha Township (金沙鎮) in Kinmen County (金門縣) to 11 years in prison on bribery and abuse of public office charges.
  • 2019 January 4, Charlie Storrar, “VIDEO: Pig infected with ASF washes up on Kinmen”, in Radio Taiwan International[14], archived from the original on 21 October 2022[15]:
    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.
  • 2020 September 28, Huei-min Huang, Kay Liu, “Kinmen holds Lego-themed event in restored cinema”, in Focus Taiwan[16], archived from the original on 01 October 2020[17]:
    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 (黃智彥).
  • (Can we date this quote?), “Jinsha Township”, in Kinmen County Government[18], archived from the original on 10 August 2022[19]:
    The shortest distance between Jinsha Township and the mainland China is from Mashan to Jiaoyu, which is only 1,800 meters at low tide.

Village in Taiwan[edit]

  • 2007, 文化資產宣導推廣活動示範行程導覽手冊[20], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81:
    Jinsha Village, located at the southwestern corner of Nangan, is the most West point of Matsu Island Chain. [] The Village used to be called Chinsha because the sand on the beach glitters in the sunshine.
    津沙村位在南竿的西南隅,是馬祖列島極西點, [] 此村原名『金沙』,乃因沙灘涇陽光照燿閃閃發亮而得名。
  • 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎[21], Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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.
  • [2012 July 29, “Matsu makes bid to lure more tourists from China”, in Taipei Times[22], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-02, Taiwan News, page 3‎[23]:
    Chinsha Village on Nankan Island in the Matsu archipelago is seen on July 9.]
  • 2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Guides)‎[24], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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.
  • 2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Taiwan[25], 9th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 293, column 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.
  • 2017 September 15, Richard Saunders, “Off the Beaten Track: Nangan island: Gateway to stunning Matsu”, in Taipei Times[26], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 September 2017, Features, page 2‎[27]:
    Continuing along the coast past pretty Jinsha village (津沙), there’s a succession of lovely views over the ocean all the way to Magang (馬港), once the main gateway to Matsu for ships from Taiwan.