Landscape from the trail above the temple Tan Chou Ssu while en route from China to Mintouksu. At the extreme right is our donkey caravan. The tree area is the temple grounds and shows pretty conclusively that the rugged rough mountains could be reforested.

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Unknown. “Landscape from the trail above the temple Tan Chou Ssu while en route from China to Mintouksu. At the extreme right is our donkey caravan. The tree area is the temple grounds and shows pretty conclusively that the rugged rough mountains could be reforested..” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed October 2, 2026, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/341.