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Career

Early years

Earlier in his life Bak Lung-wong was said to have worked in the electronics industries, fixing bikes and was even a street

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at one time.

Enlightenment

At the age of 13 he was said to have seen the spirit of a white dragon king next to the Universal Lord of the Way (). But it wasn't until he was 40+ years old when he became a trustee of the dragon king spirit. Some time in the 1980s he received the white dragon enlightenment from the Universal lord and earned the

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(). His life was changed forever afterwards. Chow himself was then renamed to Bak Lung-wong, literally the white dragon king. Since then he has been known as a " living saint". At times he did learn about

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, but have admitted to have learned the art more from practicing and watching others. Since that time quite a number of Hong Kong actors and actresses have become successful celebrities through him.

Blessings

Some of the people to have come in contact with him include Natalis Chan, Cecilia Wong Hang-sau (), Andy Lau,

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, Wong Jing, Tony Leung, Richie Ren,

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and many more. Even Edison Chen looked for help from Bak Lung-wong after the 2008 photo scandal. It is believed the Canto-pop connection was established by

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who introduced Chow to many influential people from Hong Kong. A sample film that was a recent cinema success blessed by him was Infernal Affairs. Before its launch the film was actually called (), but was renamed to () to become a successful film.

Other

In the 1990s Bak Lung-wong received a donation which allowed him to build the Bak Lung-wong temple.

Illness

In 2010 he was diagnosed with a serious case of

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and his lung became increasingly ill. He was hospitalized at a facility in

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. He has since died from his illness.

External links

White dragon king Temple

References

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