傣族的象脚鼓舞是在傣家地区流传甚广的男子舞蹈,储存了傣族社会发展的特殊文化印记。它不仅属于艺术现象本身,更是社会的、文化的、人类的、生活的,蕴含着丰富的民族文化意义。本文着重从生灵崇拜、民族生态环境以及民族舞蹈的符号学意义三方面予以阐释其文化意义。 The elephant foot encouragement of the Dai is a widely circulated male dance in the Dai area, storing the special cultural mark of the Dai social development. It not only belongs to the phenomenon of art itself, but also social, cultural, human and life, contains a wealth of national and cultural significance. This article focuses on explaining its cultural significance from three aspects: the worship of the living creatures, the national ecological environment and the semiotic significance of ethnic dance.