We're Going to Eat You - Norman Chui (1980) - Tin Hau Temple and Courtyard, Lung Yeuk Tau

It was just a few weeks ago that I did a post for Mr Vampire that used the (now) carpark in front of the Tin Hau Temple in Lung Yeuk Tau. Well, here is another film that used the same space. In We're Going to Eat You it is the area in front of the temple/police station where Agent 999 first tries to speak with the chief of police before being attacked by hungry villagers. This is the same area later where 999's fellow traveller (Hon Kwok-choi) is captured following a comedy fight setpiece. In this film though we do get a peek inside the temple when it was still in a pre-renovation state of dilapidation.

Mr Vampire - Lam Ching-ying (1985) - Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling

We are back to the open space next to the Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall and Tin Hau temple in Fanling. As mentioned previously, it was a very popular filming location throughout the 70s and 80s and it appears once again. In Mr Vampire we see it during the scene where a recently discovered victim of the hopping "Jiangshi" is immediately cremated. The cremation pyre was constructed in the area that is now a public carpark.

Drunken Master - Jackie Chan (1978) - Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling

In the scene whereby Fei-hung fights with the woman who turns out to be his aunty, the Tang Chung Ling Ancesral Hall and neighbouring Tin Hau Temple can be seen in the background. The area where the filming was done is now a carpark. Out of the two "heritage"walks that the Government likes to advertise (the other being the Ping Shan Heritage Trail), the Lung Yeuk Tau is the one I find more interesting, certainly for kung fu fans given the number of movies shot here. Shek Lo is also part of this trail.