The Wooden Drum Dance is distributed in the townships of Yanshao, Shanjia, Nuoliang, Menglai, Mengjiao, Banhong and other townships of the Wa Autonomous County of Lincang City, where villages and cottages have their own wooden drum song and dance venues. Now there are more than 700 large, medium and small-sized wooden drums in Cangyuan County, and there are a lot of people who can dance wooden drums and sing wooden drum songs. All Wa villages have a group of artists who understand the whole process of the Wooden Drum Ritual and are able to sing the Wa La Wooden Drum Tune, and have a more prominent inheritance system and representative artists with greater influence. It is said that the Chen Changbao family in Jianjian Village, Iwashuai Township, has 28 generations of wooden drum dance passers. The wooden drum dance has a long history, and it is said that the wooden drum is the god's weapon of Wa, and is the historical and cultural symbol of Wa, which reflects Wa folk songs, dances, literature, arts and religious beliefs.On May 20, 2006, the wooden drum dance was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages list.