Bamboo Theatre, Shima Park at Xiaobantian, Nantou, Taiwan
Mr Cheng Tsung FENG’s artistic practice has long been intertwined with endangered traditions, vanishing techniques, and fading cultural memories. Among them, the traditional bamboo theatre — once a vital part of temple festivals and folk celebrations across Taiwan — holds a special resonance.
Built entirely with bamboo scaffolding, these temporary performance stages embodied the ingenuity of communities, combining practicality with ritual and festivity.
Today, however, such theaters have nearly disappeared, replaced by modern equipment and standardized structures.
Courtesy: Cheng Tsung FENG
Organizer: Agriculture Department, Nantou County Government
Curator: Chitiansky Co., Ltd.
Project designer: Ching Chen CHANG, Hong Lin LIU, Chan Wei HSU
Structural analysis: Chien Chuan Engineering Consulting Co
Surveying: Yuhui Surveying Engineering
Woodwork: Weige Interior
Metalwork: Wen-Chin HSU
Bamboo structure: Quan Sheng Bamboo Scaffolding
Lighting design: Oude Light
Lighting engineer: Beamtec Lighting
Photographer: FIXER Photographic Studio