The Dai elephant-foot drum dance in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture is popular in Dai villages such as Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture and Ruili City. The elephant-foot drum has a long history, and there are many folk legends about drums and dances. It is a sacrificial and celebratory dance. As a traditional cultural form of the local Dai people, the elephant-foot drum dance shows the diligence, kindness, pursuit of a better life, and passionate and resolute character of the Dai people. The dance is performed by men. One person beats the elephant-foot drum and the other beats the cymbals. The two people cooperate with each other, kicking and retracting their feet at the same time, sometimes facing each other, sometimes back to back, beating and dancing, with a certain regularity and 10 sets of formed dance movements, which have a strong artistic appeal. Ruili's long elephant-foot drum is more distinctive. It is called "Nai Guang Rao" in Dai language. The drum is 1.7 to 2 meters long and is performed by one person, accompanied by pai qiao and cymbals. The dancer carries a drum on his left shoulder and beats the drum alternately with both hands. There are many ways to beat the drum, such as fingers, palms, fists, elbows, heels, knees, etc. The rhythm of the drum beats is rich in changes. The dance basically revolves around the drum beating action and is quite random. The elephant foot drum dance has a broad mass base in Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture and Ruili City, and has a wide influence. It is the national folk art form with the most mass participation. Now the local elephant foot drum dance is not only a folk entertainment, but also a way to communicate emotions, understand information and enhance friendship with the outside world through dance. It has a positive role in promoting the Dai ethnic folk culture and carrying forward the local excellent traditional culture. With the development of society, dance has become the main content of activities such as festivals and national festivals (such as the Water Splashing Festival). The performance of folk art forms such as the elephant foot drum dance fully demonstrates the festive atmosphere and the thoughts and feelings of the Dai people. It is an artistic reproduction that originates from life and reflects life.