Jiangyin (Simplified Chinese: 江阴; Traditional Chinese: 江陰; pinyin: Jiāngyīn; Wade-Giles: Kiangyin) is a city in China's Jiangsu province on the Yangtze River. It has an urban population of 110,400 (est. 2002). Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also Simplified Chinese: 简化字; Traditional Chinese: 簡化字; pinyin: jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)). This article describes the most common variant called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Jiangsu (Simplified Chinese: 江苏; Traditional Chinese: 江蘇; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiang-su; Postal System Pinyin: Kiangsu) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. ... Afternoon light on the jagged grey mountains rising from the Yangtze River gorge The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. ... An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

The Jiangyin Suspension Bridge, spanning the Yangtze, links the southern half of the province with the northern half. The Jiangyin Suspension Bridge is the most seaward bridge to cross the Yangtze River of China. ...

History

Jiangyin's name means "River Shade", from its location on the south or shady side of the Yangtze River. Afternoon light on the jagged grey mountains rising from the Yangtze River gorge The Yangtze River or Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Nile in Africa and the Amazon in South America. ...

Traditionally a farming area, the residents of Jiangyin have recently become among the most wealthy in China, due to the rapid economic expansion enjoyed by this region.

Culture

Jiangyin is in the region of Northern Wu Chinese, which means the inhabitants speak a dialect similar to that of Shanghai. Wu (吳方言 pinyin wú fāng yán; 吳語 pinyin wú yǔ) is one of the major divisions of the Chinese language. ...

Social Welfare Institute

Until 1995, foreign adoptions of children from Jiangyin were handled through the larger Changzhou Children's Welfare Institute. Since then, adoptions have been handled directly by Jiangyin Social Welfare Institute. Changzhou (Chinese: 常州) is a prefecture-level city in the Jiang Nan region of the Jiangsu province of China, population up to 4 million. ...

Address: Jiangyin City Social Welfare Institute, 90 Jian Jin Street, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, China 214400

Famous people

• Xu Xiake - noted traveller and geographer
• Liu Bannong (1891-1934) - writer
• Liu Tianhua (1895-1932) - musician and composer

Liu Tien-hua or Liu Tianhua (Pinyin: 劉天華; 1895–1932) was a Chinese musician and a composer best known for his reformative work for the erhu (Chinese violin). ...

Constructions

At Jiangyin, there are the electricity pylons of Yangtze River Crossing, which are taller than Eiffel Tower. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

External links

• Jiangyin Online
• Jiangyin Port