The Legend of Pangu show takes place in a custom-built theater that is visually intriguing and appealing.
On the banks of the Yellow River, about an hour northwest of Lanzhou in China’s landlocked Gansu Province, an iconic structure, unlike any ever built, rises from the dusty desert soil. Picture an egg, sliced in half, with a heart-shaped opening splitting the rooftop in two. A second hole resembling a huge eye is centered along one side, providing a view of the steep mountainside behind.
The gray-blue tiles on its exterior are reminiscent of the roofs of nearby village homes that have survived hundreds of years since the Ming and Qing dynasties, yet they also resemble a bird’s feathers and its folded wings.
Christened on a chilly evening in late autumn, the building is a testament to yin-yang duality. It is simultaneously an outdoor amphitheater and indoor cinema; the steel, concrete and aluminium shell is both the site and screen for a new multimedia spectacular.
formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.