The big song is a significant choral form performed in the Kam(a Tai-Kadai language)and serves as a primary means of recording and transmitting important information and knowledge.Thus,it can be regarded as an encyclopedia and a method for disseminating scientific knowledge.The singing of the big song also holds special cultural and social significance.This form of art reveals the connections between the environment and the broader places in various ways.The diverse connections between perform-ance,place,and the environment woven throughout the big song demonstrate various aspects of the Kam worldview.They subtly yet significantly showcase the interdependent relationship between music,places,and the natural world.