The Chinese Lantern Theater of Tainan has its roots in the local Catholic Chinese Lantern Arts Center, as Father Chi, the prime mover, got the idea to set up a drama company and recruited interested local young people from the community to put it together.
台南華燈劇團由當地天主教華燈藝術中心起家，因為主事者紀神父有意成立劇團，遂召集一批有興趣的社會青年組團。