Drunken Master - Jackie Chan (1978) - Chat Sing Temple, Ma On Shan

I've covered this before for The Young Master, but it seems to crop up quite a lot (follow the link to Andi's blog from my The Young Master post). This is where Fei-hung comes across the "Stick King" again and takes revenge for their previous encounter. The temple has been restored, but unfortunately it's been done with some bright red paint work on the brick that makes the place look like a particpant in the "cake or not" quiz.

One of the funny things I did notice was that there is a slight continuity error in the backround of the fight. The village where the temple is located (Kwun Hang) has a communal sports ground nearby, and even by 1978 standards it looked a lot more modern than the period for which this film is set (mid 1800s?). It looks as though someone suddenly realised they should try and make it look a bit more traditional/old by chucking a bamboo mat on the top.

Someone: "Don't you think those fence posts look a bit modern?"

Someone else: "Sorted!"

The Young Master - Jackie Chan (1980) - Chat Sing Temple, Ma On Shan

Andi has already covered this location quite well in his HK Movie Tour blog but I thought it is worth mentioning that it also gets a very very brief show (blink and you'll miss it) in JC's The Young Master. You catch a quick glimpse whilst JC is doing his best to run away from the Police Chief's son (played by Yuen Biao).

The wall in front of this temple seems to be almost unique in HK and I can't recall having seen anywhere else with it. I have no idea of the purpose it serves other than being decorative. It's no surprise this location was used again in this film as The Young Master shares two locations with Drunken Master, this one and the sandy path that used to be located next to Starfish Bay - both locations within 1km of each other.

Anyway, here is a modern view via Streetview and seeing as this film was only shot 33 years ago (I'm writing this in 2013) it wouldn't surprise me if the tree you can see on the left above is the same one you can see to the right of the temple below.

On a side note, despite watching this film many times in my youth I was too naive to realise that JC gets his super strength from drinking the water from Fung Fung's opium pipe in the grand finale (location to be revealed in a later post).