Kinsha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金沙 (Jīnshā), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.
Senses: examples: text: Szechuen troops defending recognized Chinese territory against the raids of the Tibetans declare that by crossing the Kinsha River the forces of the Da Lai Lama have violated the recent truce. The truce established the stream as the boundary between Tibet and China Proper.
ref: 1933 December 2, “Tibetan Troops Renew Attack on Sikong”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 67, number 1, →OCLC, page 32, column 2:
text: The southern limit of the Roe deer in China seems to be about latitude 30°N but in Sikang and Szechwan provinces it may extend slightly south of this latitude in the Kinsha River area.
ref: 1972, G. Kenneth Whitehead, “The Deer of Europe and Northern Asia”, in Deer of the world, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 84–85:
text: Mount O-mei is on the upper reaches of the Yangtze and is a famous site for Buddhist pilgrimages. The Kinsha is the source river for the Yangtze.
ref: 1993, “Translator's Notes”, in Joseph R. Allen, transl., Forbidden Games & Video Poems: The Poetry of Yang Mu and Lo Chʻing, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 399:
glosses: Alternative form of Jinsha (River in China)
examples: text: Lee Hsi-chi, a native of Kinmen, is one of the pioneers in Taiwan's modern art movement. He was pleased to hear that the Kinmen County Government was planning to rebuild 18 ancient houses in Shanhou near Kinsha Town to form a folk village.[…]
The Kinmen County Government has invited specialists to collect all records related to the style of traditional architecture to transform the block of houses in Shanhou near Kinsha Town into a museum.
ref: 1980 January, 光華 [Sinorama], volume 5, numbers 1-6, Government Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11; republished as Kinmen: A Defiant Outpost for Free China, 1980, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2022, 島嶼行旅:
english: Sinorama
translation: Sinorama
text: The COA undertook reclamation of 110 hectares of land in the Wukang district of Kinsha Township in Kinmen County, building or repairing four hundred meters of stone irrigation ditch , three culverts , and 2,535 square meters of mud[…]
ref: 1992, COA General Report, number 7, Council of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 144, column 1:
text: Earlier in the day, Li also paid a visit to the Kinsha Township Administration Office, the newly inaugurated Kinmen Forest Park and toured a plot of land earmarked for a new desalinization plant.
ref: 1997, Summary of World Broadcasts Asia, Pacific, numbers 2832-2843, British Broadcasting Corporation, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:
text: In 1392, Ming Dynasty built five military spots for coast safety. The five military spots were located in Tianpu village in Kinsha town, Fengshang village and Chengkun village in Kinhu town, and Liehyu Hsiang.
ref: 2003 June, Yang Tien-Hou (楊天厚), “金門城隍信仰研究 [The Research on the Faith in Cheng Hwang Yeh in Kinmen]”, in 國立中山大學中國文學研究所碩士論文 [National Sun Yat-sen University], →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2022, Abstract, page 7:
english: National Sun Yat-sen University
translation: National Sun Yat-sen University
text: Since a sky lantern activity was held that night by the nearby Kinsha Township (金沙) office on the northern coastal area as a celebration for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival — one of the major traditional festivals in Taiwan — local residents suspected sky lanterns were the cause of the fire.
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls tomorrow.
Kinsha Township chief Chen Kun-ti (陳昆第) admitted that sky lanterns, which are lit and released into the sky, were the most likely culprit.
ref: 2008 September 13, “Kinmen locals call for ban on sky lanterns”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2008, Taiwan News, page 4:
text: Chu-Yao Huang of Singapore is the chairman of Kim Mui Hoey Kuan (Kinmen Association of Singapore). Seventy years after leaving his hometown of Kinmen, he returned with his wife. Upon their arrival on March 26th, the chairman not only participated in forum discussions at Kinmen University, he also made a trip to the town of Kinsha to pay respect to his ancestors.
ref: 2008 October 1, “少小離家 新加坡金門會館主席黃祖耀榮歸故里 [Chu-Yao Huang, Chairman of Kim Mui Hoey Kuan returns home]”, in Ting-Yi Shih, transl., Overseas Community Affairs Council, Republic of China (Taiwan), archived from the original on 25 Oct 2022, English News:
english: Chu-Yao Huang, Chairman of Kim Mui Hoey Kuan returns home
translation: Chu-Yao Huang, Chairman of Kim Mui Hoey Kuan returns home
text: The collection sites in four townships of Kinmen Island include Kinhu (24°41' N, 118°43' E; 24°43' N, 118°46' E), Kinsha (24°52' N, 118°41' E; 24°50' N, 118°44' E), Kinning (24°45' N, 118°37' E) and Kincheng (24°40' N, 118°31' E) (Figure 1).[…]
The geographical prevalence of Rickettsia infection was detected only in Kinhu (7.21%) and Kinsha (3.92%) townships (Table 2).
ref: 2021, Chien-Ming Shih, Pei-Wen Yang, Li-Lian Chao, “Molecular Detection and Genetic Identification of Rickettsia Infection in Ixodes granulatus Ticks, an Incriminated Vector for Geographical Transmission in Taiwan”, in Microorganisms, volume 9, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 2, 5:
text: Kinmen Location is next to Kinmen Cultural Park, Kinmen History and Folk Museum and Kinmen University Kinsha Campus, making it not only the best environment for nature and humanity, but also a key cross-strait location for the Mini-Three-Links.
ref: 2021 April 12, “SPECIAL PROGRAM BRIEFING ON THE TUITION AND MISCELLANEOUS FEE(S) EXEMPTIONS FOR THE 1ST AND 2ND YEAR STUDENTS TRANSFERRING TO KINMEN LOCATION IN 2020-21 AY”, in Ming Chuan University, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2021:
text: The research area for this study was the Kinmen area (Figure 2), and the villages and towns that were included spanned Jincheng Town, Kinhu Town, Kinsha Town, Jinning Township, and Lieyu Township, which comprise the main population in Kinmen.[…]
Prior to the interviews, all of the respondents provided informed consent and signed a consent form. The respondents were from Jincheng Town (16.63% female), Kinhu Town (22.59% female), Kinsha Town (19.58% female), Jinning Township (15.33% female), and Lieyu Township (8.75% female).
ref: 2022, Shyh-Shyun Huang et al., “An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Kinmen”, in Frontiers in Pharmacology, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of Jinsha (Kinmen, Taiwan)
Related terms: Kinsha Kiang