This is the film Shaolin Temple directed by Zhang Xinyan and starring Jet Li.

This film is not only watched by China audience, but also spread to more than 200 countries in the world.

However, 40 years later, when Zhang Xinyan, 84, talked about the film again, he only said one sentence: "To win a sigh of relief."

What is the reason why Director Zhang Xinyan said this? What happened behind Shaolin Temple?

In 1970s and 1980s, although mainland films were still struggling, Hong Kong films were booming, and some martial arts stars such as Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan began to emerge.

In addition, a superstar like Bruce Lee has opened up international influence, and the word China Kung Fu has become a hot topic.

In this context, it will be very popular to create some kung fu movies.

So at a Hong Kong film forum, it was suggested that Shaolin Kung Fu could be made into a movie and put on the big screen to revive domestic martial arts movies.

After various studies and discussions, Shaolin Temple was filmed by Hong Kong Xinlian Company.

In fact, Chen Wen was the director and the actor was also a dramatic actor.

At that time, the Shaolin Temple was overgrown with weeds and dilapidated, and it was winter when shooting started. Everyone was shivering with cold, and the fighting scenes and pictures were not real at all.

So they spent nearly 400 thousand Hong Kong dollars, and the film they made was completely unqualified.

At this time, the producer decided to remake and invited the famous director Zhang Xinyan to save the scene.

Moreover, all the previous shooting was cancelled and started again. The shooting time was rescheduled to spring. The director has changed and all the actors have changed. Since we should be serious, actors should have real kung fu.

Director Zhang Xinyan's decision was supported, and in order to meet the requirements of Director Zhang Xinyan, the Sports Commission launched a group of outstanding athletes and coaches in the national martial arts field, which arrived in Zhengzhou one after another, and these people were also dragged together for training.

These people include five-time champion Jet Li, fencing master Yu, fencing champion Yu Hai, Wang and so on. There are 18 people, which seems to be called "eighteen arhats".

These people have to train every day, but also be familiar with the script and understand all kinds of plots.

At that time, although Jet Li was only seventeen or eighteen years old, his figure and skill were the best candidates for the leading role in the film "Jue Yuan".

Director Zhang Xinyan made the final decision directly, starring Jet Li.

At that time, it took a lot of effort to choose the villain Wang Renze, but in the end, under the soft grinding of director Zhang Xinyan, Yu agreed to play the role of Wang Renze.

There is also a villain, vulture. At that time, Zhang Xinyan puzzled. Who will play the role? At that time, Ji Chunhua fell ill, causing her hair and eyebrows to fall off. After hiding in the crowd, he was caught by Zhang Xinyan at a glance.

Both appearance and appearance are very suitable for vultures, full of ferocity and domineering.

At that time, Ji Chunhua was only 19 years old, and this drama also made Ji Chunhua open his villain road. However, Ji Chunhua's villains are very classic, and he always feels that he will defect when he plays decent, so Ji Chunhua has basically played villains all his life.

Seventeen-year-old Jet Li and nineteen-year-old Ji Chunhua, according to the current statement, are both small fresh meat, but they are all real fights, and each action has to be repeated several times.

198 1 In the spring of, Shaolin Temple officially started shooting, and this crew, which brought together experts from all corners of the country, was ready.

It may be because these people are all martial arts masters and have often participated in some competitive competitions before, so this crew is always full of a competitive atmosphere.

And at that time, there was no action guidance and no computer special effects. Whether it's lines or hands-on, you should actually shoot them.

These guys all have a competitive heart, and they all work very hard when shooting. It is a shame that they use body double.

One of the scenes is a duel between Jet Li and Yu, which was shot in winter and cold water.

They have a shot that is out of water, so their bodies are completely immersed in water before shooting, and they can only come out after shooting.

Because the current is relatively fast, the two of them will affect the aesthetic feeling of the action, so this shot was repeated many times and froze after coming up.

In order to film the fighting on horseback, the actors spent three months learning to ride a horse, when someone fell off the horse and broke his arm.

There are still many touching moments in the filming process, but the most touching thing is that everyone knows that filming domestic martial arts films has unconditional support from all over the country no matter where the crew goes. No matter where the shooting venue and props are used for free, the crew will give meals if they don't eat.

There was no financial pressure when shooting, because there were many people to support it, so director Zhang Xinyan made great efforts in every action and scene in the play.

Wang Liping, a composer at that time, spent half a month writing the theme song Shaolin and the lyrics of Pastoral.

But just two days after writing, Wang Liping suggested to the director to rewrite it, because China opera has a history of more than 400 years.

But Shaolin Temple tells a story of more than 1000 years, and its creation must conform to history. The revised pastoral has also been included in the classics.

198 1 July, the film was finally completed. 1982 Spring Festival, Shaolin Temple premiered in Hong Kong. After the release, it directly broke the highest record of kung fu movies. The total overseas copyright revenue reached 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and it was released in Japanese, English, Thai and other languages.

After it was released in the mainland, it was directly popular, with more than 500 million people watching the movie. Yu's two-handed sword, Yu Hai's mantis fist and Ji Chunhua's eagle claw fist fascinated hundreds of millions of people.

At that time, martial arts were popular everywhere, and bookstores were full of books about martial arts, but not martial arts cheats and the like.

In some rural areas, open-air movies are shown, and the first time there are many people, the second time there are still many people.

At that time, Shaolin Temple really influenced countless young people, and some even went directly to Shaolin Temple and were brought back by police uncles.

1980 has been filmed for almost forty years, and the influence of this film is beyond everyone's imagination.

It is not only the actors who bring fire to the film, but also Songshan Mountain in Henan Province, which makes the Millennium Temple and Shaolin Kung Fu famous all over the world, and lets the world know that there is a place that is not only good at Kung Fu, but also has a compassionate heart.