缅甸位于中南半岛西部,与我国山水相连,其阿拉干山脉和掸邦高原为喜马拉雅山余脉,而萨尔温江和伊洛瓦底江均源于我国。缅甸在中国古籍中汉代称掸国,唐代称骠国,宋代称蒲甘,明代始称缅甸。由于水陆相通,地位特殊,中缅之间很早便开始了科技文化交流。 Burma is located in the western Indo-China Peninsula, connected with the landscape of our country. The Aragan Mountains and Shan Plateau are the remnants of the Himalayas, while the Salween and Irrawaddy rivers originate from China. In ancient China, Burma said Shan dynasty in ancient China, Tang dynasty called the country, Song said Bagan, Ming Dynasty, said Myanmar. Because of the similarities and differences between the two countries, China and Myanmar started their exchange of science and technology very early.