# Paisha
## English
### Etymology

From Mandarin 白沙 (Báishā), Wade–Giles romanization: Pai²-sha¹.

### Proper noun

Paisha
* Alternative form of Baisha
** 1970, General Report of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction‎, numbers 22-23, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 48, column 2:Twenty-four project farms in Paisha township and 23 check farms in Makung, Husi, and Paisha townships were investigated during August and September, 1970.
** 1980 July 13, “Vietnamese refugees find new life in ROC”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXI, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:The refugees, who are either flown in from Bangkok by China Airlines, or have been picked up at sea by the ROC’s naval craft and fishing boats, are sent to the Indochinese Refugee Center at Paisha in the Penghu (Pescadores) islands, near the county capital of Makung.
** 1994 July, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit‎, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 255, column 1:There are two other large islands connected to Penghu by bridges - both are interesting and easy to visit. They’re called Paisha (White Sand Island) and Hsiyu (West Island). Paisha’s most famous attraction is a large banyan tree (dà róngshù or tōngliáng gǔróng) over 300 years old. Covering a huge area, the branches are supported by lattice- work, and walking under it is like walking through a cave. Paisha is connected to Hsiyu by the Kuahai Bridge (kuàhǎi dàqiáo), over five km in length and the longest in Taiwan.
** 2008 May 9, Ian Bartholomew, “Get a bang out of Penghu”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 June 2008, Features, page 15‎:The festival has been popular with locals since it began in 2003. This year, in addition to the skies over the Siying Archway Bridge (西瀛虹橋) near the main town of Makung (馬公市), there will be fireworks displays over the Penghu Sea-Crossing Bridge (跨海大橋) in Paisha Township (白沙鄉) and the Kuanri Recreational Area (觀日遊憩區) in Huhsi Township (湖西鄉).
** 2018 July 6, “Registration Open for 2018 Penghu Chrysanthemum Island Cross-sea Marathon”, in Penghu National Scenic Area Administration, Tourism Bureau, MOTC‎, archived from the original on 27 September 2022‎:"Taiwan's Penghu Bay" is a member of the UNESCO's "The Most Beautiful Bays in the World" NGO. The 14th International Convention will be held in Penghu this year, marking an important milestone for Penghu as it leaps onto the world stage. The first ever “Penghu Chrysanthemum Island Cross-sea Marathon” was held last year and left runners full of praise for the unrivalled scenery and winding coastline of Penghu. This is also the only road race out of all road races in Penghu throughout the entire year to be a one-way race that does not circle back to the starting point, so the scenery does not get repeated along the way. The classic route begins from Siyu Township for an island-hopping, cross-sea experience, passing through Paisha Township and Husi Township, and leading back to the main island.
** 2020 April 17, Chun-yi (盧俊義) Lu, “Donations reflect a charitable past”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 20 April 2020‎:When the Camillians first arrived in Penghu, there was no proper road for traffic between Magong and Paisha Township (白沙鄉). These missionaries helped to pave the road. In September 1953, Father Antonio Crotti was sent to Magong. Employing resources from the order, Crotti helped construct a fishing harbor on Dacang Islet (大倉島), two residential areas — Huei Ming New Village and Huei Ming Second Village — for the poor in Magong, as well as breakwaters and simple harbors for smaller boats and bamboo rafts in Xiyu Township (西嶼) and Paisha.
** 2021, Pei-Ru Jian, “The 2010 Jiashian and 2016 Meinong Earthquakes: Doublet Ruptures Interact Across Two Strong Asperities”, in AutoBATS and 3D MUSIC: New Approaches to Imaging Earthquake Rupture Behaviors‎, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 74:Purple arrows show the average GPS velocity field relative to station of Paisha, Penghu.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Paisha.

### Further reading

* Paisha at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
* Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Paisha Island”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1412, column 1
* Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Paisha Island”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2338, column 1