Owing to earlier romanization systems, the river has been known as the Chin-sha Chiang and Kinsha Kiang (when it was not simply described as the Yangtze) in English sources for the last three centuries.
Although the name is generally over-literally translated as the "Gold Sand"[REF] or "Golden-Sanded River",[REF] the name is not poetic or descriptive of the color of the river's banks.