China Tibetannet Hometown of Dengma
Dengma was one of the 30-some generals of the state of Ling, according to Dengma Qingke Zong. Legend has it that Lhoxu was his hometown.
Lhoxu is famous because of the classic entitled Dengma Qingke Zong, a part of the King Gesar epic. According to locals, what was described in the Dengma Qingke Zong took place in the Jingsha River area from Wozhi of Dege County of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Lhoxu in Shiqu County. During the Tubo period, this area was called Deng Longtang or Kang Longtang. It was renamed Dengyu (later Dengke) during the period of the Ling state. When Dengke County was reorganized in the 1970s, its one town and the three townships of Lhoxu were assigned to Shiqu County, while Wozhi and Ngaxu went to Dege County. 
Located on the bank of the Jinsha River, Lhoxu, at an elevation of 3,400 meters, is blessed with a warm climate, a boon for growing qingke barley. The names of places listed in Dengma Qingke Zong are still used today.

In Lhoxu, the hometown of Dengma, locals tell this story Dengma was born into the Deng Sahor tribe. He pledged allegiance to the state of Ling when it conquered Dengyu. But some others asserted that Dengma himself was a citizen of the Ling state, and his father was Nangka Shenggar. Of course, there was another story saying that Dengma was the incarnation of the son of the Dragon King, sent to Ling to assist Gesar.
Based on Dengke and General Dengma, people in Garpu Village of Magyia Township of Lhoxu, Shiqu County, believe that long ago, when Dengyu was under the rule of Deng Sahor, Dengma was born in the Deng Sahor Palace. In the first seven days after the birth, it rained blood. Afraid the boy would bring disaster to the area, an order was issued to kill anyone who dared to bring him up. However, Rongcha Chageng, the chief administrator of the Ling state managed to smuggle the boy out of the palace and brought him to Garpu Zebo, within present-day Lhatog Village of Lhoxu Town and Garpu Village of Magyia Town, where the boy conquered a man-eating devil. When they reached the top of Zebolha, the boy refused to go further. "I was born for the security of Dengyu. How can I leave it" he asked. However, his protector managed to take him to Ling state, where the lad emerged as a major general.
We did our best to look for signs of his presence, and a local lama took us to the ruins of the Red Palace of General Dengma, near a Sagya sect monastery named Xurang. Only one wall remained surrounded by mounds. Within the monastery we saw an iron helmet said to have been used by Dengma when he was 13. According to lamas, the Garpu Monastery in Garpu Village, some 10 km from the Red Palace, had been built on the ruins of the White Palace. That monastery contained a helmet used by Dengma when aged 14.

On our way back to the county, we found a General Dengma Memorial Hall being built in Lhoxu Town, and people there told us it was expected to be commissioned within this year.