Walls painted bright red and sky blue, blood-red velvet couch, white cupboards with fine decorations ... The vibrant style of Lin Dai's apartment distinguishes it from many classical apartments without personality.
And almost every detail, personally chosen by the movie star, has remained unchanged since her death on July 17, 1964.
Lin's god-daughter, Petrina Fung Bo-bo - also a household name in the Chinese film world since beginning her acting career as a child star - said the apartment was virtually untouched since Lin's death. It had been well maintained by her godfather for 43 years in memory of his beloved wife.
'The whole family actually lived in this time capsule all these years,' she said. The apartment was a living museum for fans of Lin. 'I miss her tremendously,' she said.
Lin's son said most of her belongings could last a long time but he could not continue maintaining them because it was very time consuming.
'Everything, even small items like false eyelashes, was kept in the apartment the way they were before she left the world,' he said.
The list of Lin's belongings in the home is almost endless. Scripts with her signature, her contract with the Shaw Brothers, her portrait in oil paintings, her letters, clothes, handbags, antiques, newspapers and magazines published in the 1950s, old ferry tickets, lottery tickets ...