Feeling that the curved stage of Sun Yatsen Memorial Hall presented problems for staging opera, Chang's first sets were somewhat abstract, but Ch'en T'un-ch'u rejected them, fearing audience disapproval.
「國父紀念館的扇形舞台後窄前寬，不太適合寫實佈景」，所以張一成的第一張設計圖，較為抽象。可是陳暾初認為，「西廂記」是國人相當熟悉的作品，抽象佈景容易引起觀眾的疑問，主張以細部描繪的手法，來表現盛唐的普救寺、西廂和十里長亭。