Dodé Valley
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The Dodé Valley or Dog bde is a northern suburb of Lhasa
, Tibet
. A number of historical hermitages belonging to Sera Monastery
are located here including the Purbuchok Hermitage
and Sera Utsé Hermitage
. The hills around the valley are known as the Purbuchok mountains. It is a common location for hiking from Lhasa.
Lhasa
Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining. At an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world...
, Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
. A number of historical hermitages belonging to Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located north of Lhasa. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. The origin of the name 'Sera' is attributed to a fact that the site where the monastery was built was surrounded by wild roses in...
are located here including the Purbuchok Hermitage
Purbuchok Hermitage
Purbuchok Hermitage 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 Peoples Republic of China. Destroyed by the Chinese in 1959, it was mostly restored in 1984...
and Sera Utsé Hermitage
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 Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China...
. The hills around the valley are known as the Purbuchok mountains. It is a common location for hiking from Lhasa.