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The movie tickets sold for a dime to a box office of 160 million.
42 years ago, the movie "Shaolin Temple" was born, which amazed countless young people, and also "harmed" many young people.
With their enthusiasm, they gave birth to the idea of giving up their studies and learning martial arts instead.
Some people become famous because of this, but others are delayed for life because of it.
Putting these aside, the movie "Shaolin Temple" is indeed a success, it not only represents an era, but also makes countless actors popular.
Time has passed, what kind of lives are the actors in the movie living now?
01 3 people who have passed away
The villain "Condor" played by Ji Chunhua is still a "childhood nightmare" for many people.
The scene of catching a lamb with his bare hands left a deep impression on the audience, and at the same time became a classic for a time.
What many people don't know is that he was "forced" to play this role.
Once upon a time, he was also a gentle-looking teenager, but due to a serious illness, his hair and eyebrows were lost.
After a serious illness, he always gives people a feeling of fierceness.
It is precisely for this reason that he played the role of "Condor" by chance.
At the age of 17, he became a famous actor with this role and embarked on the road of "villain professional".
He once tried to play some positive roles to change his image in the minds of the audience, but to no avail.
Until July 2018, he unfortunately passed away due to illness.
Although he is mostly a hideous image in the minds of the audience, his death still makes everyone feel regretful.
Yu Chenghui played the villain "Wang Renze" in "Shaolin Temple".
His set of drunken swords has won the favor of countless audiences.
After the movie became popular, he also became a well-known martial arts star and embarked on the road of an actor.
Many people don't know that in fact, before becoming an actor, he was a person who practiced martial arts seriously.
Often referred to as the "martial arts wizard", he won numerous martial arts awards, and his life was changed by an accident.
He suffered a knee injury due to a training error and was forced to retire.
But this did not make him give up his love for martial arts, and he still used his spare time to study martial arts.
As early as 1975, he relied on his own efforts to restore the "praying mantis swordsmanship".
Later, he was appreciated by the director and participated in "Shaolin Temple".
Since then, he has often appeared in major film and television dramas, all of which have played roles such as martial arts masters.
In 2015, Yu Chenghui passed away and was known as "China's last sword master".
Yu Hai played Jet Li's master in the movie, the image of a strict master and a loving father, which left a deep impression on the audience.
In the film, he flies the eaves and walks the wall and is omnipotent, but what everyone can't see is his injury.
In order to practice this skill, he has put in a lot of hard work, and he has also left a lot of injuries.
He was often tormented by the recurrence of old injuries, but he never felt a trace of regret about it.
Actually, being an actor is just his hobby, and he is a professional martial arts athlete.
Not only that, he is also the captain of the propaganda team of Chinese martial arts, and has led the team to study Xi abroad many times.
It is precisely because of this that after his death, he had the honor of "wearing the party flag".
In January 2023, Master Yu Hai passed away, and his death made countless people feel sorry, not only for the country, but also for many audiences.
The death of these three martial arts actors makes people feel regretful, but "birth, old age, sickness and death" is the normal state of life.
Compared to them, the current situation of the other actors in the film is even more surprising.
02 The "shepherdess" who married a rich man after becoming famous
Ding Lan should be the worst martial arts player in the crew of "Shaolin Temple", and she has no experience in martial arts before.
Fortunately, she has a background in dancing, which still helps her a lot.
During the filming, she practiced Xi basic skills hard, and trained herself to become half of a Xi martial artist.
The success of the movie "Shaolin Temple" is also successful because of her efforts.
Ding Lan has also become a well-known actor because of this movie, and it is worth mentioning that this is her first time acting.
thought that she would embark on the path of an actress, but she chose a completely opposite path.
After the movie was broadcast, she once had an affair with Jet Li.
In fact, there is no such thing between the two, and her real crush is a Singaporean.
She and her husband met in Singapore, where she happened to be on her way to receive the award.
By chance, she met the person she liked, and her people and hearts were all left there.
Staying in Singapore also meant that she gave up her domestic acting career, and her career was developing just right at that time.
If she really married a caring husband, then this choice would not be a mistake, but she chose the wrong one after all.
After marrying her husband, she became a housewife and never filmed again.
At first, her relationship with her husband was indeed good, but it did not last long.
Different life Xi and different interests and hobbies made the two go to the end of divorce.
After the divorce, Ding Lan wanted to return to China for development and continue filming, but the reality is that everything has long been different.
In the entertainment industry, where there are many newcomers, there is a lot of competition pressure, and she has long since lost her former glory.
Seeing that this road was impassable, she turned her head and became a "strong woman in the business world".
At the age of more than half a hundred, she is still alone, and occasionally appears at some business activities.
Her current situation has made countless viewers feel emotional, so what kind of life did her former rumored boyfriend Jet Li live?
03 2 actors who are monks
starring in the movie "Shaolin Temple" is a very important decision in Jet Li's life.
Before becoming an actor, he was an excellent martial arts athlete.
He started training Xi martial arts at the age of 8, and it took him just 4 years for him to become an all-around champion.
Since then, he has made a name for himself in the martial arts world and has a great future.
However, reality played a very cruel joke on him.
He retired from martial arts after an accident was injured, and he was devastated by it.
It's not uncommon for martial arts athletes to get injured, but he never imagined it to happen to him.
But it was precisely because of this accident that he embarked on a completely different path and had a new life.
19-year-old Jet Li is handsome and has the ability to do so.
No matter from which point of view, he is the most suitable person for the role of "Jueyuan".
So, the director invited him to star in the movie "Shaolin Temple", but he himself was very dissatisfied with it.
Jet Li dislikes this job very much, he thinks that this job "lives more and pays less".
At that time, he was only paid one dollar a day.
In those days, a dollar was not a small amount, not to mention, after the broadcast of this film, it would bring him greater benefits.
After the broadcast of "Shaolin Temple", Jet Li became the "top stream" of that era.
After becoming famous, directors came to him to film in an endless stream, and since then he has been active in film and television dramas.
However, time has passed, and now he is 61 years old, and his whole state has deteriorated a lot.
The once high-spirited martial arts boy has now become a middle-aged man with a face full of vicissitudes, and he is long gone.
He has revealed countless times the damage caused by excessive martial arts training to himself, and once caused him countless injuries.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that at the end of last year, he had already begun to make arrangements for his future.
In his new book, he writes that his wife will take care of his funeral.
When they saw that sentence, countless people sighed that time was in a hurry.
It is said that Jet Li is an outer disciple of Buddhism, and he may have wanted to use it to relieve his inner pain.
Li Lianming's family shocked countless people, in fact, there is also an actor from "Shaolin Temple" who has also become a monk.
Sun Jiankui played the role of "Sekong" in "Shaolin Temple", a monk who was empty in the four major areas.
In 1995, he actually became a monk, and since then he has not asked about the world, and has only devoted himself to spiritual practice.
In the face of his friend's request to go out of the mountain, he ignored it and truly achieved the four major empty.
epilogue
40 years is not long, but it can really make those people who were familiar with it look different.
Instead of constantly lamenting the passage of time, it is better to grasp the present moment and live the life of today.
We don't know what the future holds, but everything will be a matter of fate, and it will be the best.