At this year's Spring Festival Gala, there was a song that made the blood boil - Jackie Chan sang "The Great Wall Never Falls". This is a classic brother, I believe many people will think of the martial arts drama "Great Hero Huo Yuanjia" that swept the country in the 1980s, this work was broadcast at that time, once caused a situation of thousands of empty alleys, and successfully drove the martial arts kung fu tide of that year. As the actor of Huo Yuanjia in the play, Huang Yuanshen can be described as a household name, known to women and children of all ages.
And Chen Zhen's actor Liang Xiaolong has also become a popular figure, and the two masters have become popular for a while. Liang Xiaolong has been active in the film and television industry since then, and starred in Chow Sing Chi's "Kung Fu" in 2003 as "Fire Cloud Evil God", which also left a deep impression.
However, Huang Yuanshen is very different, in the case of continuous film contracts, he chose to "retire to the jianghu" when the functional name was on the spot, resolutely retired from the film and television industry, and ran to become a monk, why is this? What about his life now?
Wong was born in Shanghai in 1948, and a year later, he came to Hong Kong with his parents, where the family lived in Tiu Kwang Ling, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
At the age of twelve, in order to strengthen his body, he began to learn martial arts from his teacher, and because of his diligence and hard work, he developed a strong skill, which laid the foundation for him to act in martial arts dramas in the future.
Because of the poor family, Huang Yuanshen has five younger siblings under him, as the "leading big brother" he took on the burden of taking care of the family very early, when he was a teenager, he went around doing summer work in the summer, until he finished the preparatory department, was admitted to the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Canada and the Engineering Department of New York University, and as a result, because the family was poor and could not afford to pay the tuition, he chose to "discourage" and stepped into social work.
After that, Huang Yuanshen did almost everything, working as a snack boy, a land handyman, a factory, a takeaway and so on. Although he has done so many industries, he did not want to be an actor, many things are about karma and coincidence, Huang Yuanshen himself did not want to be an actor, but his brother signed him up for the Shaw Wireless Film and Television Artist Training Class by chance, at that time, sixty people were admitted from more than 6,000 people, Huang Yuanshen was one of them, and since then Huang Yuanshen has stepped into the entertainment circle.
Before starring in "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", Huang Yuanshen starred in many movies and television, and cooperated with Zheng Shaoqiu, Hong Jinbao, Huang Baiming, Zhou Runfa and other well-known people, and won a good reputation. In 1979, he starred as a small fish in "Absolute Double Glory", which was a great success and won the gold medal at the 22nd New York International Film and Television Festival.
Two years later, in 1981, he starred in "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", a TV series that was broadcast in the mainland in 1983 and caused a situation of thousands of empty alleys, and Huang Yuanshen, who played "Huo Yuanjia", became the "star" of hundreds of millions of viewers.
Later, when Huang Yuanshen was filming the movie "Border City Dragon and Tiger Fight", he met Lin Guoxiong, who converted to Buddhism, and under the guidance of Lin Guoxiong, he began to realize the Buddha, had a different view of the whole world and life, and began to believe in Buddhism and eat fasting. In the end, he pushed aside a slice of the contract, and after consulting with his family, he became a monk, but in 1989 he was sent to The Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, with the name of Yanshen.
The incident of Huang Yuanshen becoming a monk shocked the world and the entire show business circle.
When asked about the reason for monasticism, Huang Yuanshen said bluntly: "Monasticism is all determined by the Buddha's fate. Before I shaved my head, I was already tired of the world and tired of vanity, but after gradually becoming infected with the Dharma, I felt that my heart was suddenly enlightened, which made me full and calm, and I sprouted the determination to become a monk and take refuge in the Buddha. ”
After leaving the family, his wife went to the temple many times to find him, and Huang Yuanshen never met him, and I heard that Huang Yuanshen's wife still has not remarried.
And the outside world is rumored that there are hidden feelings behind Huang Yuanshen's renunciation.
According to insiders, the direct reason for Huang Yuanshen's ordination is related to Zhao Yazhi. Zhao Yazhi is a goddess-level beauty, until now is still beautiful and invincible, can be called the goddess of immortality, Huang Yuanshen in the filming of "peeling the wrong teeth and removing the wrong bone" this action comedy, met Zhao Yazhi, the two are very compatible. Huang Yuanshen's calligraphy is good, and his writing is also very good, and he often writes some letters to Zhao Yazhi. At this time, both of them were people with families, and the letter written by Huang Yuanshen was discovered by Zhao Yazhi's husband at the time, and he took it to the weekly magazine, which naturally did not miss this explosive news and published these letters, which made Huang Yuanshen feel that he had no face, and for a long time he did not leave the house, and there were rumors that he once wanted to commit suicide.
At this time, after Huang Yuanshen inadvertently came into contact with Buddhism, he began to have the idea of renunciation, and soon after, Huang Yuanshen left his wife and two children to go to Baolin Monastery in Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
After Huang Yuanshen left home, many friends in the acting world persuaded him to return to the acting world, and many directors still came to ask him to make films, but his determination to become a monk was already decided, and no one could change him.
In 2005, Huang Yuanshen was still a layman and now lives in the United States. Although he left the temple, Huang Yuanshen still maintained the monk habits of more than ten years and rarely showed his face. On December 19, 2006, Huo Yuanjia's 25th anniversary reunion, originally wanted to invite Huang Yuanshen to the scene, but Huang Yuanshen finally declined the invitation.
In 2013, some media revealed that Huang Yuanshen had moved to the mainland and lived with his son Huang Jiliang, still living a low-key and stable life.