The invention discloses an artwork-integration-technique-based power distribution terminal communication self-adapting and equipment visualization method which comprises the following steps: a power distribution terminal establishes an IEC61850-standard-based self-description file and establishes an IEC61850-standard-based graphic file; the power distribution terminal automatically initiates registration, and after the main station system makes confirmation, the power distribution terminal uploads essential information; the main station system analyzes the essential information of the power distribution terminal to generates a corresponding artwork file, the artwork file is downloaded to the power distribution terminal, the power distribution terminal stores the downloaded file and makes analysis to generate a topological graph file for self description; and the main station system performs data access on the power distribution terminal, and the power distribution terminal firstly uploads the sampled data and then uploads the topological graph file of the equipment. The method implements communication self-adapting and equipment visualization of the power distribution terminal, effectively lowers the equipment debugging and workload for operation and maintenance, and greatly enhances the distribution network intelligentization technical level.