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Architects: BIAD-ZXD ARCHITECTS
- Area: 13949 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Xing Fu, Yong Zhu, Xiangdong Wang
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Manufacturers: Shanxi Changshengyuan Metal, Shanxi Changxin Glass, Shanxi Chengshi stone
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Lead Architects: Xiaodi Zhu
Text description provided by the architects. The Encore Mount Wutai Theatre lies outside of the south entrance of the Wutai Mountain scenic area and on the open ground before two hills. Because the need of large-scale situational performances, the theatre space is a large space that is 131 meters long, 75 meters wide and 21.5 meters high. The 730-meter-long and slowly unfolding "Sutra Folds" is located in front of the theatre, and the scriptures of the A vatamsaka Sutra, the "king of sutras", are inscribed on the Folds. The seven "Sutra Folds" are arranged to form a gradually opening order from high to low and become the prelude of the theatre performance. No sooner does the audience enter the "Sutra Folds" than the performance begins - the theatre is just like a vast sutra slowly opening before the view of the audience. Therefore, the exclusive theatre of "Encore Mount Wutai" is a theatre extending from outdoors to indoors.
