Dehong Shopping

Dehong Shopping features great ratio to jade and emeralds, this page covers information about local specialty and where to buy in Dehong after ending your Dehong travel.  Dehong is home to minority groups which are famous for their handicrafts and artistic talents, so there are many souvenirs available in Dehong. Moreover, Myanmar has a vibrant trade and barter system that has been long established with Dehong which brings in many goods from the neighboring countries, therefore, you can also buy some Southeast Asian commodities in Dehong. Gamble on stones is also very popular in Dehong, you may see stones, large or small, in almost every jade stores in the jewelry market.

What To Buy in Dehong

Dehong Coffee 德宏咖啡

Dehong coffee planting has a history of 100 years. At the end of the 1960s, Dehong coffee had a planting area of 15,000 mu and a yield of more than 4,000 tons. Dehong is mainly grown with small-sized coffee (i.e. arabica), with excellent varieties, high quality and delicious taste. You can buy Dehong coffee in specialty shops, supermarket and shopping malls.

Zhefang Rice 遮放贡米

Zhengfang rice is a special local product in Mangshi City. It is produced in Zhengfang Bason, with fragrant and delicious taste, and it’s soft, sticky and nutrient thanks to the special whether conditions. It had been a tribute from Mangshi to the king in the old times. 

Dai Brocade 傣锦

Dai Brocade is a traditional handicraft art product. It carries very strong Dai ethnic style and some new styles that are suitable for people from different places. It has very long history and is unique and exquisite. What’s more, customization is available for the styles.

Jade 玉石

Mangshi has some jade wholesale market. Because it’s closed to Burma where it has rich jade and stone resource, with good quality and reasonable price.

Mangshi Dai Ethnic Bamboo Wares 芒市傣族竹编

A saying goes among the Dai ethnic minority, "She who can't work loom is not a real Xiaopushao (girl in Dai dialect), and he who can't braid bamboo wares is not a real Xiaopumao (boy in Dai dialect)". It's true because a Dai ethnic member might conventionally not be preferred as a candidate for fiancé and fiancée if he or she doesn’t master one skill.   Mangshi (former Luxi) of Dehong Prefecture in southwestern Yunnan abounds in bamboo resource whose richness might go beyond one's imagination for other bamboo resource elsewhere of Yunnan.

Emeralds 翡翠

Ruili, take its location advantage for adjacent Burma, is one of the most important trade center of emeralds in China. Large quantity of top-qualitied emeralds has enticed many tourists or buyer from Beijing, Shanghai or Hongkong. Ruili also gained the praise as “Emeralds of Yunnan, Emeralds from Ruili”.

Mahogany 红木

Ruili once acted as transfer station for the transaction of valuable timers. In 2008, the mahogany suddenly gained its popularity. The export volume soared dramatically. Ever since that, the businessmen gathered in Ruili and expanded the mahogany into a completed industrial chain. By now, Ruili has become the most competitive trade center of mahogany in western China.

Tree Fossil Jade 树化玉

Tree fossil jade is one of the most precious articles in geography field. Burma is the country where you can even pick up the tree fossil jade in the street. Ruili enjoys the natural location advantage, so it is also well-known for its tree fossil jade business.

Hulusi/Cucurbit Flute of Dai Ethnic Minority 傣族葫芦丝

The Hulusi/Cucurbit Flute is a free reed wind instrument from China and the Shan State. It is held vertically and has three bamboo pipes that pass through a gourd wind chest; the center pipe has finger holes and the outer two are typically drone pipes. Like the related free reed pipe called Bawu (巴乌), the Hulusi has a very pure, very mellow clarinet-like sound.

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Where To Buy in Dehong

Dehong is a shopping paradise for jade lovers. There are many shopping markets and streets with stores and shops selling various kinds of jade and emerald products. Due to geographical factor, there are also border trade zones in Dehong, selling jade and emerald produced not only in Dehong but also in Myanmar. Local specialty and small commodities from Myanmar also take up a major part in border trade market.

Border Trade Sites & Duty-free Shop

  • Jiegao Border Trade Zone姐告边境贸易区
    Address: 4 kilometers Southeast of Downtown Area, Ruili City瑞丽市城区东南方向4公里处
    Tel: 0692-4666600
  • Ruili Border Trade Street瑞丽边贸街
    Address: Border Trade Street of Ruili City瑞丽市瑞丽边贸街
    Type: Local specialty such as Dai wood carvings, leather and textile products, etc.
  • Ruili Port Duty-free Store瑞丽口岸免税店
    Address: Ruili Port, East Section of Guomen Avenue国门大道东段瑞丽口岸
    Type: Local specialty and small commodities from Myanmar

Shopping Streets and Markets

  • Ruili Tourist Jewelry Street瑞丽旅游珠宝街
    Address: Ruili City瑞丽市
    Type: Jade products with high quality and reasonable prices
  • Jiexiang Jewelry Shopping Street姐相宝石街
    Address: Jewelry Shopping Street, Ruili City瑞丽市珠宝街
    Type: Jewelry products
  • Taobaochang in Nangu River 南菇河淘宝市场/瑞丽旅游淘宝场
    Address: Nongdao Town, Ruili City瑞丽市弄岛镇
    Type: You can find valued jade in the river if lucky enough. Jade products are also sold there.
  • Jiegao Jewelry Wholesale Market姐告珠宝批发市场
    Address: No. 63, Jiegao Road, Ruili City瑞丽市姐告路63号
    Type: Jewelry wholesale
  • Ruili Farmers’ Market瑞丽综合农贸市场
    Address: Longchuan Road, Ruili City瑞丽市龙川路
    Type: The largest comprehensive farmers’ market in Ruili City, selling various kinds of food imported from Southeast Asia at nice prices.

Shopping Malls and Centers

  • Dehong International Jewelry Center德龙国际珠宝城
    Address: No. 86, Ruijiang Road,  Ruili City瑞丽市瑞江路86号
    Tel: 0692-6998888
  • Ruili Fortune Plaza瑞丽财富中心
    Address: Nanmao Street, Ruili City南卯街
  • Wanchang Shopping Center万昌购物中心
    Address: No. 97, Maohan Road,  Ruili City瑞丽市卯喊路97号
  • Golden Peacock Shopping Center 金孔雀购物中心
    Address: Opposite the Jewelry Town at the intersection of Menghuan Road and Jinkongque Avenue勐焕路与金孔雀大街交叉口珠宝小镇对面
    Tel: 0692-2998488

The Best Places to Buy Jade and Emeralds in Dehong

The following places have the fine collection of jade and jewelry products for you choice. You may experience finding gemstones in the Taobaochang in Nangu River, or try a small gamble on stone in Ruili Tourist Jewelry Street.

  • Ruili Tourist Jewelry Street瑞丽旅游珠宝街
    Address: Ruili City瑞丽市
    Type: Jade products with high quality and reasonable prices
  • Taobaochang in Nangu River 南菇河淘宝市场/瑞丽旅游淘宝场
    Address: Nongdao Town, Ruili City瑞丽市弄岛镇
    Type: You can find valued jade in the river if lucky enough. Jade products are also sold there.
  • Jiexiang Jewelry Shopping Street姐相宝石街
    Address: Jewelry Shopping Street, Ruili City瑞丽市珠宝街
    Type: Jewelry products
  • Dehong International Jewelry Center德龙国际珠宝城
    Address: No. 86, Ruijiang Road,  Ruili City瑞丽市瑞江路86号
    Tel: 0692-6998888

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