德宏傣族景颇族自治州地处祖国西南边陲，云南省西部，是云南省8个少数民族自治州之一。东和东北与保山地区的龙陵、腾冲两县相邻，南、西和西北与缅甸联邦接壤，国境线长达503.8公里，总面积11526平方公里。德宏州首府驻潞西市芒市镇，距省会昆明 785公里。德宏州为南亚热带季风气候类型，其气候特点是：冬无严寒,复无酷暑；雨量充沛,干湿分明；气温年较差小，霜日少；年降雨量1400—1700 毫米。最高气温38.8℃，最低气温-2.1℃；无霜期平均280天左右。共有水资源总量218亿立方米，地表水大部分未被污染，物理性能良好，符合工农业生产和生活用水要求。德宏州自然环境优美，历史文化灿烂，民族风情独特，被国内外誉为“孔雀之乡”、“神话之乡”、“歌舞之乡”。德宏是一块美丽而神秘的宝地，她有悠久的历史和灿烂的文化，她具有口岸、热区和旅游三大优势。这里有湛蓝碧透的瑞丽江、大盈江；白云翠竹掩映的村寨；堪称奇观的虎跳石落水洞；千姿百态的三仙洞；独木成林的榕树之王；金碧辉煌的寺院塔林。德宏，是古代“南方丝绸之路”的出口，境内有九条公路与缅甸北部城镇相通，有瑞丽、畹町两个国家级口岸；盈江、章凤两个省级口岸。奇特的自然景观，丰富的民族文化内涵和繁荣的边境贸易，使德宏成为不可多得的旅游热土.
Dehong Dai Nationality and Jingpo Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, bordering on the Federal Republic of Myanmar On three sides, is situated in the western part of Yunnan Province. The prefecture has under it two cities: Ruili City and Wanding City, and four counties : Luxi County, Longchuan County, Ying jiang County and Lianghe County, with a total area of 11,526 square kilometers and a population of 952 thousand people. More than half of the local people belong to such ethnic groups as Dai, Jingpo, Achang , Lisu and Deang nationalities. Scenic spots in Dehong Prefecture contain subtropical natural scenes, building of Hinayana Buddhism, customs and culture of the Dai people, Dai style food, and border trade and traveling to Myanmar through the border. Ruilijiang River and Da Yingjiang River scenic spots are within the limits of the prefecture, which have a humid and hot rain forest climate typical to the low-Latitudes subtropical areas. The woods shown below are formed by a single tree. In fact, there are thousands of square kilometers of areas that have been covered with such Banyan trees in the whole scenic spots and with the ever - green vegetation, constructing a unique subtropical rain forest scene. Colourful and diversified customs of Dai, Jingpo, Deang and Achang ethnic groups of the frontier areas are best presented in those scenic spots, thus offering a lot of exotic sights for tourists to see. With the development of the border-trade, local land ports in Wanding, Ruili, Zhangfeng and in some other places of Dehong Prefecture have either become state - level ports or provincial-level ports. As a result, tourists here are able to buy the finest and the cheapest jewels and jade wares in the world. Hence, many tourists have a long stay and become businessmen here. They call the travel to this place “An itinerary for purchasing jewels ". Arriving here , you can witness a town , even a street , belongs to the two countries ; you can personally experience crossing the boundary line several times within one hour, visiting two countries and their respective market places. Through the convenient transportation and procedures, you can go to various places of Myanmar to appreciate the world-famous Grand Golden Pagoda in Rangoon and have a taste of the exotic scenes and folklore of the Country.