Chin Sha Chiang

See also: Chinsha Chiang, and Chin-sha Chiang

English

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of 金沙江 (Jīn Shā Jiāng) Wade-Giles romanization: Chin¹ Sha¹ Chiang¹.

Proper noun

Chin Sha Chiang

1. Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.
   • 1908, R. F. Johnston, “Pa-U-Rong to Muli”, in From Peking to Mandalay: A Journey from Noth China to Burma through Tibetan Ssuch’uan and Yunnan‎, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 195:

     The Ta Tu river above Wa Ssu Kou¹ is the Chin Ch‘uan (“Gold Stream”), the Yangtse for hundreds of miles of its course is the Chin Sha Chiang [Kin Sha Kiang], or “River of Golden Sand,” and many streams of less importance bear similar names.

   • 1957, Edgar Snow, Random Notes on Red China‎, Harvard University Press, published 1968, →OCLC, →OL, page 99:

     At the Chin Sha Chiang (River), during the Long March, Ch'en Keng and his cadets held an important bridge for five days, until the main forces of the Red Army arrived and drove off attacking White troops.

   • 2013, Thomas S. Vang, A History of the Hmong: From Ancient Times to the Modern Diaspora‎, 3rd edition, Morrisville, NC: Lulu Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 209:

     The “Flowery Miao or A Hmao” from Ya-Yu and Ya Pao of Guizhou moved to eastern Yunnan and settled along the banks of the Chin Sha Chiang river, then some later moved to southeastern Yunnan and finally to northern Vietnam.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chin Sha Chiang.