In the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" directed by Yang Jie, there is such a person, he is not only an actor who has played many roles, but also served as a martial arts instructor for many actors, in the six years of shooting journey to the West, he immersed himself in various martial arts moves, including the monkey stick played by Sun Wukong played by six young children, and the Luohan shovel played by Yan Huaili, and the sword dance played by Xiao Bailong played by Wang Bozhao, all of which were carefully designed by him!
This actor is Lin Zhiqian, he has been fond of kung fu since he was a child, and later cast to study under the master of Tongbei Boxing, Sun Zhenhuan, and later after the death of Teacher Sun, he threw himself into the door of wulin Taidou Wan Lisheng to continue to learn martial arts, has been following Teacher Wan for more than twenty years, when director Yang Jie was collecting style in the country in 1982, he accidentally met Lin Zhiqian, who was a member of the Fujian Provincial Martial Arts Team, saw his superb martial arts cultivation, and invited him to come to the crew as a martial arts designer!
From the above Lin Zhiqian's martial arts training footage can be seen, this action is very powerful, and looks quite similar to Bruce Lee, according to Lin Zhiqian recalled, Journey to the West since the start of filming in 1982, in fact, until November 1987 really finished filming, and when filming, it was not filmed according to the order of the episodes, but according to the location to decide!
For example, the 13th episode of Journey to the West, that is, the episode of "Eliminating the Demon Black Chicken Country", was first filmed, filmed in Gushan, Fuzhou, and at the end of the year, it came to Quanzhou's Digging Corner Street to shoot, and then went to Dongshan Island, as well as Quanzhou's Kaiyuan Temple and Qingyuan Temple!
Lin Zhiqian also revealed that at that time, filming Journey to the West was really very hard, there was only one camera in the crew, especially the budget was too small, the initial production of the first 25 episodes of only 3 million funds, and at that time there was no Weiya these equipment, are in the acrobatic troupe to find the wire, it can be said that not only very dangerous, but also very hard!
In fact, Lin Zhiqian not only played the Erlang God in the 86 version of Journey to the West, but also played many roles, such as the Chaos Demon King, the Hirome Heavenly King, and the extras, but these roles are all made up and masked, because he can't show his face, can't let the audience see that he is the Erlang God!
There are many actors who have played multiple roles like him in Journey to the West, and they have all performed very well, so it is the joint efforts of so many outstanding actors and directors and crew to achieve this drama, Lin Zhiqian said that it is also a great honor to work with so many outstanding people, although after that, he also participated in the production of many film and television dramas, but "Journey to the West" is the most impressive!
Although the fighting actions of watching Journey to the West now are not as wonderful as some of today's action movies, it has another flavor, that is, intentions and simplicity, truth and nature, which are inseparable from the hard work of everyone in the crew! Moreover, we can also see that Lin Zhiqian is not only good at kung fu, but also very handsome, especially the appearance of The Erlang Society, which can be said to be the most classic version of the image so far!
It is said that when filming at that time, there were always many girls who liked to go to Lin Zhiqian, and it could also be seen how charming he was back then, more than a hundred times stronger than those small fresh meats now!
Finally, I salute to Teacher Lin Zhiqian, pay tribute to director Yang Jie, salute to the teacher of the six-year-old child, and pay tribute to all the cast members of the crew, it is your selfless dedication and hard work that presents us with such a divine drama that cannot be surpassed by future generations!