The national border is the standard for distinguishing the boundaries of national boundaries, and it is also one of the sacred and inviolable symbols, there are many countries in the upper layers of the world, in order to reach the border, and fight, but do you know that there is a different strange village on the border between the mainland and Yunnan, although this village is divided into two, located in two countries, but not only does not need a passport to leave the country, but the two places are also harmonious mess, and even Myanmar children go abroad every day to mainland schools to study, which can't help but make people strange, do you know where this magical village is?
Magical silver well village
This village is Yinjing Village, located on the border of China and Myanmar in Yunnan Province, and from the administrative district office, this village belongs to Shunha Village, Xiexiang Township, Ruili City.
Yunnan Province is located in the southwest of the mainland, is China's radiation center to South Asia and Southeast Asia, bordering Myanmar in the west, Laos and Vietnam in the south, different from the Mohan port on the border between Yunnan and Laos and the border with Vietnam Red River, in this special village at the junction of China and Myanmar, half of the village is called Yinjing Zhai, located in the mainland, the other half is called Mangxiu Zhai, located in Myanmar, the village is divided into two by the road from Ruili to Nongdao, and it is also a representative of one village and two countries.
But there is no obvious border mark, the people of the two places have long been integrated, only some village roads, bamboo boron as boundary markers, if you have to explore, there is a total length of 423 meters, with 5068 jade to divide the border, but this is also to commemorate the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar, because of its unique style of one village and two countries, Ruili City was honorably selected as China's top 100 tourism cities in 2019, with its superior geographical location, economic exchanges with Myanmar are also thriving, Foreign trade accounts for about 1/4 of China-Myanmar trade, and Ruili City has also won the honorary title of the largest land port city in China-Myanmar trade.
China and Myanmar have been friendly neighbors since ancient times, harmonious coexistence, the Ming Dynasty even set up a Burmese character pipe in Kunming, Yunnan, entertaining Burmese envoys, and also had a non-governmental mutual market, which promoted the development of commodity trade between the two places, and the silver from the Myanmar silver mines was also transported to the Qing Dynasty, which promoted the development of the commodity economy in the Qing Dynasty, and in 1950 China and Myanmar built the Sino-Burmese jade national border, so far, the situation between one village and two countries was formed.
The strange living atmosphere of Yinjing Village
Although the village nominally belongs to two countries, due to its relatively special location, it cannot be divided as meticulously as other borders, so through joint negotiations between the mainland and Myanmar, priority waiting entry cards were issued to local residents.
The integration of the lives of the people of the two places has also led to many interesting phenomena, drinking the same well water, buying vegetables in the same market, and sometimes the vegetables grown by villagers cannot be eaten and exchanged with Myanmar villagers, which directly promotes an international trade.
Because the education in the mainland is relatively developed, so many Myanmar children will cross the border, come to the mainland to go to school, and then return to China to eat after class, forming an interesting situation of going abroad to go to school and return to China to eat, it is said that there are more than 10,000 children from Myanmar in Yinjing Primary School, which may be the closest international student in the world.
In addition, there are many interesting facilities in the local area, such as one autumn swing two countries, one bridge across the two countries, children swing, and go abroad in place.
Even every important festival, villagers from the two countries would sit together for a meal and chat, and communication methods such as visiting relatives and friends, intermarriage and mutual markets between each other were commonplace and commonplace.
Of course, I would also like to remind you that the border issue is not a child's play, local residents have special border citizen certificates, can enter and exit freely, and outsiders if they ignore the border to cross privately, waiting for the severe punishment of the law, in addition to the mainland has also added a large number of armed police soldiers to guard this place, the border has been strictly managed, and no private construction is allowed within 20 meters on both sides of the border, which not only ensures the harmonious coexistence of residents of the two places, but also protects the security of the mainland territory.
How big is the difference between the two countries
In 2021, the mainland's GDP was 1143670 billion yuan, and Myanmar's GDP was 68.068 billion yuan, the gap is clear at a glance, whether in terms of living conditions, infrastructure or educational strength, there is still a big gap between the two countries.
During the epidemic, the mainland not only assisted Myanmar with more than 50 million doses of new crown vaccines, but also strongly supported Myanmar's infrastructure projects.
In terms of living civilization, due to the long and harmonious history of Yinjing Village, the melons that grow out of the national border, the dogs that cross the national border, and the spontaneous international trade of villagers are commonplace for the locals, and it is also a harmonious symbiosis between the two places.
If you have the opportunity, would you like to feel this cross-border experience that is close at hand?