Chan was to study there from the age of six/seven until the age of seventeen -ten years. It was at this time that Jackie was first enrolled in the Peking Opera school. In 1960, Charles had to move to Australia to work in the Chinese embassy there. Charles' friends lent him the money to pay off the hospital dept, and thanked the doctor for her generous offer. He was their symbol of their new start in Hong Kong. If Charles would allow her to "adopt" him, she would be willing to pay for the costs of the surgery and his mother's hospital stay. She had no kids of her own, she explained to him, and she knew he and Jackie's mother, Lee-lee, had no money. But the lady doctor who performed the surgery approached Jackie's nervous father with a deal. The bill for his mother's surgery came to HK$500 (about $26 US), and his parents' savings didn't come close to covering the cost. Because Chan Kong-sang weighed 12 pounds at birth, his mother nicknamed him "Pao-pao", wich is Chinese for "cannonball". Jackie, on the other hand, stuck around an extra three months, so his mother had to have surgery to bring him into the world. Most babies are born nine months after being conceived. They lived in a room in the mansion of the French ambassador on the exclusive slopes of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. Charles was a cook and a handyman, while Lee-Lee worked as a housekeeper. Jackie was the only son of Charles and Lee-lee Chan, who were very poor and worked for the French ambassador to Hong Kong. Jackie Chan was born Chan Kong-sang (which means "Born in Hong Kong" Chan), April 7th, 1954, the Year of the Horse. RECOMMENDED: Not into ‘chop-socky’ flicks? Try Hong Kong’s best wuxia movies or the 11 best Hong Kong romcoms instead.CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO GO TO 'JACKIE CHAN SING LUNG.ALREADY A DRAGON'.A JACKIE CHAN FAN SITE Still, we’ve given it a shot and here are our recs for the best kung-fu movies ever made in Hong Kong. With such a rich cinematic history, it’s hard to pick such a small number of key kung fu movies made in our city. From Yu Jim-yuen’s now-famous Peking opera academy emerged the likes of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and Corey Yuen – actors and directors who would create box-office hits across four decades. As the traditional form of entertainment lost popularity in the middle of the 20th century, so performers sought new employment in Hong Kong’s fledgeling movie business. The martial-arts genre also owes much to Peking opera. The first local film made about him was created in 1949, with another further 98 that followed over the next 21 years starring Kwan Tak-hing, making this Wong saga the longest-running film series in the world. Born in 1847, he was a martial arts master, a doctor, and a general champion of the weak. A Guangdong folk hero, Wong is a near-mythical figure. The first collection of kung fu movies are generally agreed to the Wong Fei-hung series. Sure, stars like Thailand’s Tony Jaa ( Ong-Bak) and Indonesia’s Iko Uwais ( The Raid) may have (temporarily) taken hold of the martial arts crown worn by the likes of Hongkongers Bruce Lee, Sammo Hung, and Jackie Chan, but the Hong Kong film industry remains king in this genre. Some of the best kung fu movies ever made have come from Hong Kong.
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