The Jingpo ethnic group is one of the main ethnic groups in Ruili, mainly distributed in the mountainous areas from east to west, starting from Dengga, which faces Myanmar across the river in the west, to Mengli in Luxi Zhefang in the east, connected to Longchuan. According to the distribution of various branches, the Jingpo branch mainly lives in Dengga, Leinong, and Hulan; the Long'e branch mainly resides in Mengxiu and Nanjingli; the Leqi branch lives in Mengli and Nanjingli; the Zaiwa branch has a larger population, distributed in Huyu, Banling, Nongxian, Dengzha, Mengdian, Huwu, and other places.

　　The Jingpo ethnic group originated from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is descended from the Di-Qiang people. There is a widely circulated folk legend among the Jingpo that their ancestors originated from "Mushi Bi Province Labeng" (northeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau). It is said that they came from a distant place north of the sources of the Maili River and Enmei River. The weather there was very cold, with frequent snow, making it difficult to grow crops, so they migrated south. About a thousand years ago, they migrated southward along the Jinsha River, Nu River, and Enmei River, gradually settling in the mountainous areas around Dehong by the 17th century, with a history of more than 300 years.