Full Name: Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture
Chinese Name: 德宏傣族景颇族自治州 (dé hóng dǎi zú jǐng pō zú zì zhì zhōu)
Population: 1,165,000  
Area: 11,527 square kilometers (4,451 square miles) 
Nationalities: Dai, Jingpo and Han 

Administrative Division: 3 counties (Lianghe, Yingjiang, Longchuan); 2 county-level cities (Ruili, Luxi)  

Seat of the Prefecture Government: 3, Qingnian Lu, Manshi Town, Luxi City 

Useful Telephone Numbers: Tourist Complaints: 0692-2121528, 96927
                                         Weather Forecast: 121
                                         Zip Code Inquiry: 184

Bank of China Dehong Branch: 16, Menghuan Lu, Mangshi Town, Luxi City 
China Post Dehong Branch: 175, Tuanjie Da Jie, Manshi Town, Luxi City

 Location: Situated in the west boundary area of Yunnan Province, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture neighbors Baoshan City to the east and northeast, and shares a boundary of 504 kilometers (313 miles) with Burma in the south, west and northwest.        

 History: The first kingdom in Dehong was established by the ancestors of Dai ethnic minority in present Ruili City after 424BC. During the 4th Century BC, Sino-India economic trade began, benefiting from the opening of the Southwest Silk Road. After the Western Han Dynasty  (206BC-24AD) exploited the southwest region of China, Dehong was brought into Yizhou Shire. During the Tang (618-907) and Song (907-1279) dynasties, it respectively belonged to the Nazhao State (738-937) and Dali State (937-1257).         
 
 Physical Features: Situated in the southwest section of the Hengduan Mountains, Dehong lies in the west of Gaoligong Mountain in the gorges of western Yunnan. The terrain is high and deep in the northeast, while the southwest region is lower and slopes gently. Lofty mountains and great rivers constitute the main frame of the prefecture.          

 Climate: Dehong enjoys a subtropical monsoonal climate without winter chills nor intense summer heat. It has clear dry and humid seasons, with good rainfall. Its annual average temperature is around 18-20℃ (64.4-68℉). Temperatures vary greatly during the day, and it can reach 25℃ (77℉) in daytime during winter.    
     
 When to Go:  It is warm in Dehong's winter. So winter (the dry season) is a perfect season to visit there, but Dehong's scenery is attractive all year round. 

 Local Highlights: Festivals of the Achang and Jingpo ethnic minorities are all derived from folk legends, and people sing and dance to express the origin of their cultures, to celebrate their harvest and express best wishes. Munao Songs Festival is the grandest traditional feast of Jingpo; that is usually held in the fifth day of the first lunar month, while Huijie Festival and Woluo Festival of Achang are important celebrations of Achang.

Special Local Products:
Handicrafts: fossil jade, embroidery and brocade articles of ethnic minorities, gems, jade articles
Foods: Huilong Tea of Lianghe County, dried beef

 Attractions:
Yunyan Pagoda is an important Buddhist tower of Hinayana of Yunnan situated in the Yunyan Hill in Yingjiang County. Near the pagoda, there are the symbolic buildings of Munao Festival of Jingpo and Water--Splashing Festival of Dai. A large stretch of banyan trees is adjacent to the pagoda. During the festivals, the square around the Yunyan Pagoda is filled of the locals. 

In Youyi Lu of Luxi City, there is a miraculous pagoda with a vivid name of Tree-Wrapped Pagoda. The solid brick pagoda had become wrapped and gradually covered by the roots of the big banyan; it is said to be the earliest Buddhist pagoda built by local Dai people. After visiting the Tree-Wrapped Pagoda, the Bodhi Temple can be reached by foot. This temple is not large, but it stores a great number of murals, sutras and art treasures of the Dai ethnic group for three or four hundred years.

On the southeast bank of Ruili River, Ruili City built the Jiegao Border Trade Zone. There are no less than fifteen trade streets in this area. Zhongmian Jie is the largest one. In Ruili City, there is another border street well known as Bianmao Jie or Xingshi Jie. Merchants here are almost border residents. Visitors can find distinctive articles of both Burma and local Dai ethnic group in Ruili. Nightscape of the bazaar is especially beautiful, being a famous night street of Ruili City.

Other Scenic Spots: Dadenghan Dai Village, Daying River, Foguang Temple, Mengbanaxi Garden (Mengbanaxi Zhenqiyuan), Ruili River

 Travel Tips:
1. Visitors can complete travel procedures at the frontier inspection stations in Luxi, Ruili and Wanting Development Zone of Ruili, and apply for the permission to have a one-day tour on the Sino-Burma border area. Visitors can get to the Muse of Burma. For the shopping loci, Jiegao Border Trade Zone and Bianmao Street are the first options. 

2. Luxi City is called Mangshi by locals. Dehong Mangshi Airport is situated 6.5 kilometers (4 miles) from the city proper, operating flights to Kunming. It takes 45 minutes. Visitors coming to Dehong usually get to its cities and counties using Luxi city as transfer station. Buses to Luxi and Ruili cities are available in Kunming Passenger Transport Bus Station in the end of Beijing Lu and Dali Bus Station in Jianshe Lu of Xiguan. Though the highway, both Dali and Kunming are about eight hours' drive from Luxi and another two hours are needed to Ruili.

3. Address of Ruili bus station: 8, Munao Lu; Address of Luxi central bus station: 252, Tuanjie Da Jie, Mangshi Town