Ruins of Desert Cathay 257 - Temple near station of Hsing-hsing-hsia, on road from An-hsi to Hami - Barren Pei-shan hills in background - The scene here shifts abruptly from the far south-eastern end of Stein's expedition to the north-eastern side of the Taklamakan as Stein started west. - He avoided the Pei-shan in this expedition but ventured directly across in the 3rd..