Elephant Foot Drum: a folk dance popular among the Dai, Jingpo, Achang, De 'ang, Wa and Bulang ethnic minorities in Yunnan. It is a kind of dance for men to entertain themselves, and it is named after the dancer wears an elephant foot drum. The elephant foot drum is hollowed out with mango or kapok tree trunks and covered with cowhide, which looks like an elephant foot drum. Drum length varies, about 1.7 m for the elderly, about 1 m for the middle-aged and elderly, and about 0.7 m short. Long elephant foot drum dance is dignified and natural, with slow pace, changeable drum beating methods and rich drum rhythm; China's elephant foot drum dance is steady and solid, vigorous and powerful, with large movements, such as swinging drums, rotating drums and rolling legs. Dwarf elephant foot drum is famous for its flexible prancing, with competitive contents such as fighting drums and drumming. Elephant-foot drum is a representative dance in Yunnan Province, which is led by elephant-foot drum in all grand festivals and dance ranks.

Peacock dance: Dai people call it "Galoyong", "Fanluoyong" or "Cananlo". It is the most popular dance of the Dai people, which is popular in dehong autonomous prefecture and Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. Xishuangbanna is called the hometown of peacocks. In the eyes of Dai people, peacock is a symbol of good luck, happiness, beauty and kindness. Therefore, peacock has become the most popular folk dance of Dai people. In the celebration of the Songkran Festival, dancing peacock dance is an essential activity. At that time, Dai family members would get together, play manggong, play elephant foot drum and dance beautiful peacock dance to celebrate the festival. Peacock dance was originally a costume dance. The actor wears a golden crown of bodhisattva, a diamond mask on his face, a peacock tied with colored paper or cloth around his waist, and his hands holding the tail of peacock wings with strings, making various graceful peacock movements with the rhythm of gongs and drums. Later, they danced without props, accompanied by elephant foot drums and manggongs. Peacock dance is very popular in Xishuangbanna Dai area, and almost every village has a good dance.

Garland Dance: The Dai language is called "Jiadong", which is a collective dance of young people. Mainly popular in Dehong Prefecture and parts of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. Nowadays, it is only danced on major festivals, which has become an organized dance performance. In the garland dance, garlands are made of bright flowers tied to bamboo grates about two meters long. Hold both ends of the wreath with both hands when dancing, and emphasize the change of the wreath while moving the pace. And form patterns with national characteristics. When the garland dance jumps to bliss, it is conducted by one person, and the dancers turn from adagio to allegro together, with steps and "wrong jumps".

Dapeng Bird Dance: Dapeng Bird Dance is called "Lun Jia" in Dai language. This is an ancient folk dance, and Dai people dance in grand festivals. Mainly popular in Ruili County and dehong autonomous prefecture. Dapeng bird dance is vigorous and powerful, rough and powerful. Dance mainly shows the action of Dapeng bird fighting the rain god and its temperament of not being afraid of violence. The action changes quickly and forcefully, and the modeling time is long. The "three bends" dance has prominent edges and corners. For example, the appearance action is generally a big jump followed by a big dance, showing the heroic spirit of Dapeng bird falling rapidly from the air. Claw hand (finger fan) and palm hand are used, which strengthen the action. There are only one or two performers in Dapeng Bird Dance. In the past, we used to wear Dapeng bird props and masks when dancing, but now most of them have been abandoned and dance movements have been fully developed. Drums are extremely rich and deep and powerful.