Before Lam Ching-ying passed away, why did he call Sammo Hung to prevent others from seeing his body?

The golden age of the Hong Kong film industry was in the 1980s. At that time, Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow and others were very popular, and their action movies and comedies were very popular. In fact, apart from the fact that these videos are welcomed by everyone. In Hong Kong, zombie movies are also very popular. Lin Zhengying, the originator of zombie movies

When it comes to zombie movies, we have to talk about Lin Zhengying. As the originator of the zombie genre, he has brought us countless classic works. He has always been a respected "Uncle Ying" in Hong Kong.

Lin Ching-ying, formerly known as Lam Genbao, was born in a poor family in Hong Kong in 1952. Since there are many brothers and sisters in the family, his childhood life is difficult to describe. Lin Zhengying only attended primary school for two years when he dropped out of school. After dropping out of school, he joined the Hong Kong Spring and Autumn Drama Academy and became a member of the Pink Family Class. And his master is Fen Ju, a famous Peking opera master.

First time on stage

Lin Zhengying, Zunlong, Hui Tianci, Meng Hai and others are fellow disciples. After half a year of training, Lin Zhengying began to perform. His first play was called "White Beach". Although he had the opportunity to appear on stage, his reputation was never very high. After working in Fenjiaban for three or four years, he switched careers and entered Shaw Brothers Film Company in 1969, where he found a very good job.

Lin Zhengying slowly accumulated experience at work and became a very outstanding dragon and tiger martial artist. After that, he also directed the movies "The Prodigal Son" and "The Five Lucky Stars", and won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Action Director.

Opening up the era of "ghost movies"

Lin Zhengying has been doing this for more than ten years. Sammo Hung saw Lin Zhengying's talent and wanted him to work in front of the tomb, but he was never willing to come to the stage. It wasn't until the movie "Scary" that Lin Zhengying appeared on the stage. Martial arts combined with supernatural film materials created a new film form. Lam Ching-ying and Sammo Hung soon came to the front. Since then, a new theme movie has appeared in the Hong Kong film industry-"ghost movie".

In 1985, Lin Zhengying's movie "Mr. Zombie" was released. Not long after its release, it broke the 20 million box office of similar movies. Lin Zhengying also became famous after this movie. No one has broken this record so far in this movie, and this movie was tailor-made by Sammo Hung for Lin Ching-ying.

In the movie, Lin Zhengying "wears a yellow Taoist robe and holds a peach wood sword." Use talisman paper, black rice, chicken blood and other things to deal with "zombie cards". And these looks have become his signature looks. Since this one, he has shot many more films of this type. For example, "The Taoist with One Eyebrow" and "The Exorcist Taoist" are loved by many audiences and people in the industry.

The career is going well, but the relationship is not going well

Although Lin Zhengying's career is developing smoothly, his personal emotional life is not going well. In 1983, Lin Zhengying met a girl named Zheng Bingbing, and the two got married soon after. After the marriage, Zheng Bingbing gave birth to a son and a daughter for Lin Zhengying. However, the marriage lasted for five years and eventually ended in divorce. The children were all raised by Lin Zhengying. After the divorce, Lin Zhengying put all his focus on movies and never considered personal emotional issues. When he was in his 40s, he met his second favorite woman. I thought the two would get married, but I didn't expect that they would end up breaking up. Why is this?

Diagnosed with liver cancer and broke up

Actually, this was mainly because Lin Zhengying was diagnosed with liver cancer while filming "Zombie Taoist III". During the filming, he was overworked and liked to drink, which led to him suffering from liver cancer, which was in an advanced stage. Lin Zhengying knew that he didn't have much time left, so he broke up with the woman, but did not say that he had liver cancer. Before Lam Ching-ying passed away, why did he call Sammo Hung to prevent others from seeing his body?

On November 8, 1997, Lin Zhengying died at St. Teresa's Hospital at the age of 45. Lam Ching-ying's funeral was held at the solemn Baofu Memorial Hall. On the day of the funeral, many close friends came. There are Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang, Yuen Biao and others. As the eldest brother, Sammo Hung is naturally indispensable.

The death of Lin Zhengying made countless people feel sad. But before he died, he made a phone call to Sammo Hung. He said a very puzzling last word.

Lin Zhengying said: "After I die, don't let anyone see my body"!

Why did Lin Zhengying say this?

It was not until 24 years later that the mystery was revealed. The main reason why Lin Zhengying didn't want others to see his body was because he had been suffering from long-term illness, which made him look very haggard. He didn't want his relatives, friends and fans who liked him to see him like this, so he left such a last word. Lin Zhengying used his life to write a new chapter in the film era. He spent all his energy for the cause he loved, and he never gave up even when he was seriously ill. I finished my final work despite being seriously ill. This kind of professionalism deserves everyone’s admiration.