Cultural Background
The warehouse store Guang chang lung (廣昌隆) and the ghost story is based on the Guangzhou folk legend of the same name, a staple of the naamyam style of sung narrative story telling, the original story has also been adapted into Cantonese opera form both in the past and present.
The story has appeared in film multiple times, in a black and white 1949 Hong Kong film with the English title "Ruckus at Kwong Cheong lung", Other versions include the "Musical ghost that causes an uproar in Kwong Cheong Lung" a 1952 film. Part of the story is similarly used for the 1993 movie "Finale in Blood" by Fruit Chan, which uses the same Chinese name for the film title.
The TVB series has elements found in the different versions.
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