In 1980s, Yuen San Wong, the actor of Huo Yuanjia, was the best and earliest image spokesperson of China's Kung Fu. His fame resounded throughout China, making him famous at home and abroad, and was well known to women and children in the vast land of China. Now, where does Yuen San Wong, who retired from film and television, live? On September 10, 2004, the reporter interviewed Yuen San Wong.
He became a monk after playing Huo Yuanjia.
People born in the late 1970s mentioned Yuen San Wong, the star of Huo Yuanjia. Yuen San Wong's radiant and handsome man image once appeared on the walls of thousands of families and became the idol of countless fans at home and abroad. His image appeared on the clothes of countless fans. In the mid-1980s, the TV series "Huo Yuanjia" swept the country and became a household name.
However, after nearly 20 years, where is Yuen San Wong, the former star who gradually disappeared and faded from people's minds and memories? In October, 2004, the sweet-scented osmanthus was fragrant, and the government hotel in Jing 'an County, Jiangxi Province welcomed a distinguished guest. He is a famous "Huo Yuanjia" actor who came all the way from Baolin Temple on Lantau Island. His common name is Yuen San Wong, and now he is a monk of Master Shen Yan. For such a well-known figure at home and abroad, the reporter saw the news report of his becoming a monk in the newspaper seven years ago. What prompted him to become a monk? Times have changed. What about him? The reporter interviewed this famous person in Jing 'an County, Jiangxi Province.
In the VIP room of Jing 'an Hotel in Jiangxi Province, the author met this once admirable movie star. Compared with the screen, Yuen San Wong in front of him was slightly thin, wearing an apricot cassock, a gray cloth wrapped around his calf and a pair of black cloth shoes. His hair and beard are clean shaven, his face is chiseled, his face is ruddy, and his eyes are bright, giving people the feeling of being full of energy and solemn.
According to the accompanying abbot Yicheng, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association and abbot of Xinyi Temple in Yunjushan, Master Shen Yan started from Hongkong and passed through Putuo Mountain and Jiuhua Mountain. When he heard that the Baofeng Temple in Jing 'an, Jiangxi Province had been restored, his Buddhist heart surged, so he led a group of seven monks to find roots in Jing 'an to see the specific situation of Baofeng Temple's construction.
I never wanted to be an actor when I was a child.
In the 1970s, Hong Kong's film industry entered a period of depression, but television flourished. After suffering, he turned to TV. After the TV series "CDW" was broadcast in Hong Kong, it became famous. 1985, the martial arts film "Huo Yuanjia" premiered in China CCTV, and immediately became the most watched literary program in China. The name of "Yuen San Wong" and the image of "Huo Yuanjia" are household names and become the focus of attention of hundreds of millions of viewers. In fact, he thought that Jiang Xiaoyu, who starred in A Double Pride, was his most satisfied, so he won the gold medal in American TV series in one fell swoop, and the ratings in Hong Kong were the highest at that time. After that, I made several TV series, all of which were not ideal. After contacting Buddhism, I converted to Buddhism. 1989, he left his wife and children and went to Baolin Temple to get a haircut and become a monk. The former "wife" supported and understood his becoming a monk, and now two children are raised by her, the eldest of whom is 23 years old. After becoming a monk, his wife visited him in the temple many times, but Yuen San Wong never met him again. I heard that Yuen San Wong's wife has not remarried. 1992, Master Shen Yan invited one of his friends (laity) in America to visit his son. 1993, during the school summer vacation, his eldest son Huang found Baofeng Temple to visit him.
Feel comfortable after becoming a monk
Why did Yuen San Wong become a monk? He said it was "listening to Buddha", which was predestined. Before filming, many questions were unclear in his mind, and many life questions could not be answered in the book. After contact with Buddhism, he felt that many problems could be explained and tolerated. I used to shoot movies in my spare time, like the TV series Huo Yuanjia, which was finished in two months. He likes to brag with his colleagues, and people call him Bao Jiaojiao. Yuen San Wong is a man who never stops learning. He is always dissatisfied with what he has learned. He likes reading, and books are everywhere in the room. He likes calligraphy and is good at it, but he always says that he is not good at it. Yuen San Wong's wisdom about life is stupid. When I asked him how filming in the past compared with his life now, he smiled and said, "There is no difference. Life is acting. I used to play a film and television drama character, and now I play a monk in Baolin Temple. "
Yuen San Wong doesn't value money and fame. He went on to say, "I had a young actor who was more famous than me and had more property, but one day he accidentally drove into a telephone pole and died." If I don't believe in Buddhism like him, I can't take anything away when I die, and what can I get? " I used to be famous. I am rich. I can often go to bars and sing karaoke with my friends. I look happy, but I have a lot of troubles in my heart. Being rich is not necessarily happiness; Having no money, like I'm broke now, I still feel very comfortable. I have this feeling that my life is colorful now, of course, this is understood from the mood and spirit. I used to live a really hard life, thinking about the role, thinking about the plot, thinking about fame and fortune and so on. It's exhausting. Although there are troubles now, this aspect has long since disappeared, and I feel very relaxed. "
Yuen San Wong's living habits are very special. He especially likes eating meat, like eating raw meat, like beef. If it is not raw, he won't eat it. His colleagues called him a "meat eater". He always feels that he needs to eat more meat to practice martial arts. But later, a layman advised him to be a vegetarian. Shaolin Temple's martial arts are first-class in China, where monks don't eat meat. After listening to it, the layman feels very reasonable. Later, the layman gave her a book introducing Buddhist scriptures. He read carefully and thought for a month. Slowly, he learned something about Buddhism. It was then that he had the idea of becoming a monk.
Practice hard and achieve something.
After becoming a monk, Yuen San Wong was named Shen Yan. He gave up alcohol, tobacco and meat and only ate two meals a day. After noon, he broke into the valley and didn't eat the next morning.
Master Shen Yan is now doing odd jobs in Baolian Temple. He can do whatever he wants. He gets up at 3: 30 every day, has morning classes at 4: 00, has breakfast at 5: 00, recites scriptures at 7: 00 for over an hour, and then grows flowers in various vegetables in the temple. Now he eats by himself. Over the years, he stopped practicing martial arts and practiced meditation instead. He said with deep experience: meditation is more important than practicing martial arts. His greatest feeling is that his health is much better than before. He doesn't know what it was like to have insomnia before, and he often feels that he lacks sleep. It used to take more than 40 minutes to go to Baolin Temple, but now it takes only half the time. He said that these are the results of "vegetarianism" and meditation.
After Yuen San Wong became a monk, many friends in the show business advised him to return to the show business. Many directors still ask him to make movies, but his determination to become a monk has been made, and no one can change him.
Now Yuen San Wong no longer wants to go there. He said that thinking about the past would only increase his troubles, and now it means nothing to him. He is generous and optimistic. He is very enthusiastic about religious cause. During his days in Jing 'an, he saw that the working and living conditions in Baofeng Temple were still very difficult, and immediately offered to help build Baofeng Temple. Soon, he returned to Baolin Temple and donated a large sum of money and a car to Baofeng Temple. He said: "Things are changing, and the pursuit of career can't last forever. Because ordinary things are often the result of a good start and a bad start. People's sorrow lies in being too persistent. "
Yuen San Wong was far-sighted in philosophy of life, religion and science. He is well informed. From time to time, he reveals the peace of the world and the lofty who sees through the world of mortals.
When he left, the author asked him to sign, and he happily wrote down in the interview book: "That's it." Yes, if one can get along with it in any difficult and difficult environment, perhaps this is the highest realm of one's cultivation!