Building the stage was the first important step of the organization. In the late 1940s Taiwan counted over four hundred classic puppet theatre troupes, but today only five remain.
建造戲台，便是他們「開社」以來的第一件大事。根據統計，光復初期，全台約有四百多個古典布袋戲班，留傳至今的，雖僅有五家，但既有戲班，必有戲台，為什麼要大張旗鼓地雕製？