 Bamboo Theatre Bamboo Theatre, Hankang Village A lush green forest covers a mountainside. A village sits at the base of another tree-lined mountain. A road winds through the lush, bright green forest. Rough stone steps lead up a hill past bamboo plants the size of trees. Nearby, an amphitheater with stone seating and a sandy floor is encircled by tall, arching bamboo plants. Xu Chaoran, constructor of Bamboo Theatre. Local people used to use bamboo to make bamboo baskets. Now, I use bamboo to make a theatre presenting another feeling of bamboo. He climbs an aluminum ladder to reach a bamboo platform in the canopy. Bending wouldn't break off bamboo because of its flexibility. If it was a tree, it would break off while bending it to this degree, but bamboo wouldn't, generally. When the theatre is done, lots of people come to visit. Some people know I built it and would ask me where it is to find this beautiful place. I feel quite good. A traditional Chinese opera is performed in the space. Members of the audience take pictures with their phones. One of the performers leans back, gazing up at the hole in the center of the bamboo canopy. Xu Qianqian, principle of DNA design and architecture. With the character of this type of bamboo from the mountains, the villagers can easily weave them into an open space in the nature. This is also a metabolic architecture.