The Dodé Valley or Dog bde is a northern suburb of

Lhasa Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level city, prefecture-level Lhasa (prefecture-level city), Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Regio ...

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

. A number of historical hermitages belonging to

Sera Monastery Sera Monastery ( "Wild Roses Monastery"; ) is one of the "great three" Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, located north of Lhasa and about north of the Jokhang. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. The origin of its n ...

are located here including the

Purbuchok Hermitage Purbuchok Hermitage (''Phur bu lcog ri khrod'') is a hermitage situated in the northeastern corner of the Lhasa Valley in the northern suburb of Dodé in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Destroyed by the Chinese in ...

and

Sera Utsé Hermitage Sera Utsé Hermitage, Sera Utse, Sera Ütse, Sera Tse or Drubkjang Tse is a historical hermitage belonging to Sera Monastery. It is located on the mountain directly behind Sera Monastery itself, which is about north of the Jokhang in Lhasa, Tibet ...

. The hills around the valley are known as the Purbuchok mountains. It is a common location for hiking from Lhasa.Scenery Cultural China

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Populated places in Lhasa Chengguan District, Lhasa Valleys of Tibet {{Lhasa-geo-stub