Jinshan
English
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Jinshan District in Shanghai
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Jinshan District in New Taipei
Alternative forms
- Chinshan, Chin-shan (Wade–Giles)
Etymology
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 金山 (Jīnshān, literally “Gold Mountain”), named for Dajinshan Island to its south, the highest point of natural elevation in Shanghai Municipality.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪn.ʃɑn/, /d͡ʒin-/, /-ʃæn/
Proper noun
Jinshan
- A district of Shanghai, China.
- 2008, 王慧敏 [Wang Huimin] et al., editors, 上海旅游 [Shanghai] (China Travel Kit Series), 1st edition, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.
- A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2016 June 27, Tyrone Siu, Patrick Johnston, “Keepers of the flame: Taiwan keeps the art of fire fishing alive”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 28 June 2016, 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.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Jinshan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1451, column 2
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