During the Cultural Revolution (文化大革命) in 1966-1976, Dai and her husband, Wang Dejia (王德嘉), were sent to the countryside to be "reformed through labour" and worked as peasants.
Under kulturrevolutionen 1966–1976 skickades Dai och hennes make, Wang Dejia, till landsbygden för att "reformeras genom arbete" och arbetade där som bönder.