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Some time ago, the "film legend" Brigitte Lin, who is about to turn 70, revealed on a social platform that she had broken two ribs after falling off the bed, but she still gritted her teeth and participated in a speech event held at a university two days later.

The news quickly attracted attention. In addition to being shocked by the question “Lin Qingxia is already 70 years old?”, the public also couldn’t help but talk about her marriage and relationships.

As we all know, she married Hong Kong tycoon Xing Liyuan 40 years ago, and since then she gave birth to two daughters and lived a low-key and ordinary life.

She once faded out of the film industry and devoted herself to cooking.

But in recent years, there have been many rumors about her marriage. Some people even directly broke the news that Lin Qingxia's marriage had long been in name only, and the man even raised an illegitimate child outside, and the mistress directly forced the palace...

She rarely responds to this, but is not as low-key as before. She occasionally appears to participate in public activities and is encountered and photographed by netizens. She looks relaxed and natural, and it can be seen that she lives a very sober and carefree life.

But in fact, although her life could be called "brilliant", she actually had unspeakable pain in her emotional life.

A deeper look reveals shocking facts:

Even for such a stunning beauty, love life may not be as satisfactory as one would like.

1. The “Legendary Film Queen” made her debut

At the end of 1954, a chubby baby girl was born into an intellectual family in New Taipei City, Taiwan, and was named Qingxia.

She was the second daughter in the family, with an older brother and an older sister. Later, her parents gave birth to the youngest daughter, Lixia.

His family is relatively complicated. Six years before he was born, his father, who was a military doctor in Qingdao at the time, and his wife Ma Lanying gave birth to a daughter named Lin Li.

But since they received an order to evacuate, the couple could only entrust her to the care of her younger brother.

The two then moved to Taiwan and gradually lost contact with their eldest daughter for various reasons.

On the other hand, the family has since taken root in Taiwan, living a simple but happy life.

The parents were extremely strict in educating their children, especially their second daughter Qingxia. She was very beautiful since she was a child, and her mother was afraid that she would go astray, so she often suppressed her in various ways.

Therefore, Brigitte Lin was not confident since she was a child, especially when she was studying at Teresa Teng’s alma mater, Taipei Jinling Girls’ High School. She was not the most beautiful girl in the class. The most beautiful girl in the class at that time was Mao Lijuan.

Many years later, she revealed in her autobiography that her nickname at the time was "Olivia", the heroine in "Popeye", because the two looked very similar.

Because of her lack of confidence and lack of excellence, Brigitte Lin's high school years were as dull as water, and she even failed in love.

After graduating from high school, her grades were average and she failed to get into university, so she had to attend cram school.

During this process, Brigitte Lin and her best friend Zhang Liren were shopping when they met a scout who invited them to make a movie.

However, this proposal was strongly opposed by her parents and brother, and Brigitte Lin was about to give up, but she still accompanied her friend to the interview.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, news came that she was chosen to play the leading role in the movie.

Although her parents still opposed it, film companies approached her again and again, and Brigitte Lin repeatedly assured her that she would keep herself clean before she finally got the opportunity to join the industry.

In 1972, with the help of her mother, she signed her first film contract when she was still a minor, earning NT$10,000, thus starting her acting career.

At first, her mother read all of Lin Qingxia's scripts and crossed out all the kissing scenes, but she still gave her first screen kiss during the filming process.

The male actor she worked with was Hu Qi, and the filming process was not smooth. The photographer couldn't help but complain about Brigitte Lin: "She is like a piece of wood!"

It was also because of this movie that she met the actor Qin Han, with whom she would be entangled for many years in the future.

Qin Han is 8 years older than Lin Qingxia, but he had just made his debut at that time - he studied in an actor training class in 1966, but went to serve in the military before his debut.

In 1973, after the release of "Outside the Window" starring the two, Qin Han's career also ushered in a turning point.

But what really made Brigitte Lin famous was the love movie "Clouds Flying" in which she collaborated with actors such as Gu Minglun. This work broke the box office record at the time with a box office of NT$4 million.

In the third year of her debut, Brigitte Lin won the Best Actress Award at the Asia Pacific Film Festival for her role in the war film "Eight Hundred Heroes".

From then on, her "movie legend" officially began.

2. The most popular superstar’s bad love life

In 1976, Brigitte Lin was appreciated by Qiong Yao and joined her film company. She was immediately promoted and became her "official heroine".

At this time, she had another identity: Qin Han's rumored girlfriend.

After the huge success of several hit works, Brigitte Lin became a super star known to everyone in Taiwan.

As the saying goes, "Fame brings trouble." Soon, it was rumored that she had fallen in love with the male star Qin Han, with whom she had worked many times.

There is nothing wrong with handsome men and beautiful women, but the mistake was that the man was married at the time.

Qin Han's ex-wife was named Shao Qiaoyin. She came from a prominent family. Her father was a businessman. She herself was also talented and good-looking. It is reported that the two met through a friend's introduction and fell in love at first sight.

The year before he met Brigitte Lin, they held a grand wedding and later gave birth to a pair of children.

However, Qin Han developed different feelings during his collaboration with Lin Qingxia, which made him very painful:

On the one hand, he doesn't want to give up his family, but on the other hand, he is deeply in love with the new person.

Amid this conflicting emotional entanglement, he didn't expect that a competitor would soon appear.

In 1977, Brigitte Lin collaborated with Qin Han and another male star Qin Xianglin in the movie "I Am a Cloud". This was the first time the three of them worked together on the same film.

But no one expected that the gears of fate would start turning, and then a "N-cornered love" would be involved.

At that time, Qin Xianglin had become one of the three most famous young actors in the Taiwanese film industry with the movie "Men and Women".

He had previously worked with Brigitte Lin in "A Touch of Romance", for which he also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.

Qin Xianglin also had a wife at the time - he married actress Josephine Siao in 1975, but unexpectedly fell in love with Brigitte Lin during filming.

In other words, during this period, Brigitte Lin was caught up in a "five-cornered love affair" with Qin Han and his wife Shao Qiaoyin, and Qin Xianglin and his wife Xiao Fangfang, which was incredible to outsiders and made Brigitte Lin physically and mentally exhausted for a time.

It is reported that Shao Qiaoyin once called her to warn her: "I hope you won't destroy our family in the future", and Brigitte Lin had to weakly reply: "Okay, he asked me out, but I won't meet him."

During this process, Qin Xianglin took the lead in ending his marriage with his wife Xiao Fangfang, while Qin Han had been entangled with Shao Qiaoyin.

Although the woman is a decisive career-oriented woman, she chose to compromise when her marriage was facing a crisis.

It is said that she tried every means to cut off the contact between her husband and Brigitte Lin, and even gave up her career to be with her husband all the time.

But all this seemed to be of little use. After all, the man's heart was completely tied to Brigitte Lin at the time, and he had to be on guard against his rival Qin Xianglin all the time.

In 1979, Qin Han and Lin Qingxia collaborated on another movie called "A Red Bean".

During the filming, the woman met Zhao Ning, a columnist for Crown magazine, through the introduction of Qiong Yao.

This person's writing style is humorous. Brigitte Lin has read his works before and liked them very much.

Qiong Yao also intended to bring the two together. It is said that when they met for the first time, the man said, "I have known you for four years."

It turns out that Zhao Ning fell in love with Lin Qingxia four years ago after watching her movie "Girlfriend". Later, sparks flew between the two as they spent more time together.

Many years later, the woman recalled Zhao Ning like this:

"He never gave me any pressure as a star and treated me like an ordinary girl. Even when I was just beginning to show my talent, he tried to suppress me."

It is said that among all the boyfriends that Brigitte Lin had, Zhao Ning was the one that was loved by Lin's mother, Ma Lanying.

Later, she went to the United States to film for a reason. The man had been developing in Minnesota, so when she proposed to invite him to work in the United States together, the two hit it off.

Of course, there must have been reasons behind this, including Qin Han, Qin Xianglin and others. In short, in 1979, Brigitte Lin went to the United States.

But this did not completely stop her "bad love affairs".

3. A passionate life will eventually become dull

After arriving in the United States, the relationship between Brigitte Lin and Zhao Ning not only did not develop further, but quickly cooled down.

It is reported that this is because they gradually discovered the differences in each other's ideas and interests.

Soon after, the two of them broke up.

During this process, Qin Xianglin flew to the United States to visit Lin Qingxia five times, and finally moved her. The two soon got engaged.

But one night after getting engaged, she called Qin Han to explain the matter, but she didn't expect him to say, "You are a tragedy. Your whole life will be a tragedy!"

But what no one expected was that not long after Lin Qingxia got engaged, the marriage between Qin Han and Shao Qiaoyin also broke down - in 1982, the two divorced.

Although her private life seems to be a mess, Brigitte Lin's acting career is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

During this period, she was nominated for the Best Actress at the Golden Horse Awards for her role in the crime film "A Hero's Eyes"; the following year, she was nominated for the Best Actress at the Academy Awards for her role in "The New Shushan Swordsman".

Moreover, Brigitte Lin, who has become a superstar, is still actively looking for her long-lost sister.

In 1982, she went to the mainland to film a movie and made a special trip to Shandong, but returned unsuccessful. It was not until the following year that she finally met her sister Lin Li.

However, although family ties are complete, love is still a knot in my heart.

The next year, she finally chose to end her four-year engagement with Qin Xianglin and turned around and threw herself into Qin Han's arms.

Looking back now, 1985 may be the happiest time in Lin Qingxia's life. She and her lover openly showed their affection on the show, and their eyes and brows were full of love.

After that, her output increased again, but her most eye-catching work during this period was still her collaboration with Qin Han.

In 1990, the two starred in the drama film "Red Dust", which also won Lin Qingxia the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress.

During the filming of the film, sister Lin Li also visited the filming location in Changchun and left a precious photo.

It can be seen that at this stage, the relationship between her and Qin Han is still sweet, but the 36-year-old Lin Qingxia desires a stable marriage more.

But the man seemed unable to give it. Many years later, he laughed at himself in front of the camera:

"I am a failing lover."

In 1994, ten years after the two officially announced their relationship, Brigitte Lin announced their breakup.

As for the reason, in addition to marriage, Liu Xuehua, who has partnered with him many times, also said in an interview:

"Qin Han is too unromantic. Qingxia longs for a strong love, and Qin Han is a good person, but he is always a step behind."

Soon, she married Xing Liyuan, a wealthy businessman whom she had only known for half a year.

It is reported that although the two had only known each other for a short time, the man was very nice to Brigitte Lin and "tried every possible way to express his love to her."

During their relationship, Xing Liyuan would often propose to her tentatively, and eventually he won her heart.

In the same year when he broke up with Qin Han, Xing Liyuan spent 50 million to hold a grand wedding for Lin Qingxia in San Francisco, USA.

After that, the woman quickly retired from the entertainment industry and gave birth to two daughters in succession. Since then, the family has lived a low-key and mysterious life.

It was not until more than ten years later that Brigitte Lin showed signs of making a comeback. She dubbed movies, published books, and appeared on variety shows, still looking elegant.

However, rumors about her marital crisis came from time to time, but she never responded.

When she mentioned her husband in an interview two years ago, Brigitte Lin said calmly: "I am too lazy to explain, but he has always been a giant in my heart."

Indeed, looking back on his life which can be described as legendary, he experienced ups and downs, gains and losses, praise and infamy when he was young. Now at the age of 70, is there anything he cannot face calmly?