Yinjing "One Village, Two Countries"

　　    Located about 11 kilometers southwest of Ruili City, Yinjing is a small village with a rare borderland cultural and geographical landscape in the world. The renowned China-Myanmar Border Marker No. 71 stands right in the village, and the national boundary line meanders through the center of the village, making it a typical “One Village, Two Countries” border area.

　　    The highway from Ruili to Longdao divides this single Dai ethnic village into two parts: the side on the Chinese territory is called Yinjing, while the side on the Myanmar side is called Mangxiu. The borderline within the village is marked by bamboo sheds, village paths, ditches, and earthen ridges. As a result, it’s common to see Chinese melon vines climbing over Burmese bamboo fences to bear fruit, or Burmese hens laying eggs in Chinese homes. Villagers cross the sacred international border dozens of times a month without even noticing. The locals speak the same language, share the same customs, walk the same paths, drink from the same well, and gather at the same markets, living together in harmony.