Bruce Lee is a legend.

Legend of bruce lee 1: Quack-quack landing-making trouble is worrying.

He wandered around in his childhood, and he traveled halfway around the world. The enemy plane pointed at the plane and everyone dodged, but he climbed on the roof poking machine and swore. His veins are full of restless blood. He is bold and makes trouble. He is a wild horse that I can't extricate myself from. His family was out of control, and he ended up with a reputation as a "flying boy".

1940, the Japanese annexed more than half of China. The war was raging, the people were miserable and the theater was deserted. As a famous Cantonese opera actor, Li Haiquan's family fled from Guangdong to Hong Kong under the pressure of the Japanese army.

Hong Kong is in a corner. However, the Japanese army has become the crab claws of Hong Kong. On the north side of the Guangdong-Hong Kong border, the sun flag flutters. Japanese cruisers arrived in Victoria Harbour for a "diplomatic visit" to show off their arrogance.

Hong Kong is in danger and people are in panic.

Li Haiquan and his wife went to America thousands of miles away. At that time, the United States was far away from the war of World War II and was a safe haven for refugees from all over the world. Li Haiquan went to the United States not so much to escape the war as to develop Cantonese opera, which he regarded as his life.

This is the background of Bruce Lee's birth in the United States.

1940165438+1On October 27th, there lived a Eurasian woman in the Chinese Hospital in Chinatown, San Francisco, USA. She is Bruce Lee's mother and her name is Grace Lee. Grace is the daughter of the late Hong Kong Yin Shang He Jintang and the niece of Sir He Dong. Her Chinese name is He Jintang. He Jintang lived in Shanghai since childhood. He came to Hong Kong at the age of 19, met Li Haiquan who performed in Hong Kong, and became stubborn.

When He Jintang gave birth to Bruce Lee, her husband Li Haiquan was performing in a theater in China, new york, 9,000 miles away.

Chinatown in new york is one of the largest Chinese communities in the United States. The United States is the largest country composed of immigrants in the world and is known as the melting pot of nations in the world. The earliest American immigrants in China were laborers who were sold to build the East-West Railway across the continental United States. After the completion of the project, workers in China stayed and lived in a unique way-mainly in the laundry and catering industries. Workers saved money, went back to Tangshan (Chinese mainland) to get married, and brought them back to the United States. This situation lasted until 1924, when the American government promulgated the immigration control law to prohibit immigrants from the East. At that time, more than ten cities such as new york, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago had formed stable Chinese residential areas with a total population of 350,000. The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of ancient China, and China people regarded themselves as Tang people, so the community area was called Chinatown. Chinatown is full of China cultural characteristics, and most of the early immigrants came from Guangdong, so this culture is also full of Guangdong characteristics-Cantonese opera is a cultural entertainment that China people talk about.

Li Haiquan toured with a group and left his pregnant wife He Jintang in San Francisco, which was really helpless. If he doesn't act to make money, his family's life will be at a loss Therefore, He Jintang, who lives in the hospital for labor, feels isolated and helpless.

On the 27th, He Jintang gave birth to a baby boy, only 13 months away from the last delivery, and this is the fourth child she gave birth to. The birth of Bruce Lee brought a burst of joy and relief to the lonely He Jintang. Many years later, Mrs. Li recalled the scene at that time and said, "Little Dragon is a guardian given to me by God. He made me feel safe. "

He Jintang named the baby boy Li. "Gold" refers to San Francisco and also refers to the United States; "dazzle" means to be famous and dazzle. Only a few months later, Li's name changed. Mrs. Li explained many years later, "The reason is that his name is the same as his late grandfather." However, 30 years later, Bruce Lee did restore her original birth name, which dazzled the United States.

At that time, the nurse in China Hospital thought that the baby boy should be given a more American name, so she registered him as Bruce Lee. After He Jintang was discharged from the hospital, this name was no longer used. Bruce Lee entered an English school in Hong Kong at the age of 13 and re-used this "foreign name". He returned to the United States to study and live when he was 18 years old, and he often used this name.

Rushed back to San Francisco and discussed with his wife to change Li's name to. In the consciousness of westerners, it is an honor for future generations to follow the names of their ancestors, while orientals think it is a taboo. So Li changed his name to Li, and used the English name Bruce when he declared his household registration for the baby boy.

Bruce Lee ranks fourth in the family. He has a brother and two sisters. Long before he was born, a brother was born, and the sky would fall. According to superstition, ghosts catch golden boys. Therefore, his family call him Xiaofeng-the name of a real girl. His family also dressed him in earrings, fancy clothes and dressed him as a girl. The purpose is to confuse ghosts, so that they can't distinguish between men and women and survive by luck. In fact, Bruce Lee's active and naughty personality when he was young is quite different from Xiaofeng's name.

Bruce Lee was named after his return to Hongkong as a child star. He was born in the Year of the Loong (the year of Chen Geng) and happened to be born in Chen Chen (the zodiac corresponds to the earthly branch, and Chen Chen is the dragon), so a cartoonist Biu Wan Yuen gave him a stage name-Bruce Lee.

At that time, Li Haiquan only stayed at home for a few days, and then went to the United States with the group in a hurry. His wife and family stayed in San Francisco's Chinatown.

The following year-194 1 at the end of March, Li Haiquan returned to Hong Kong. The reason is that the audience of Cantonese opera is mostly confined to the Chinese circle of Guangdong nationality, and the world is too small; In addition, despite the confrontation between Japanese and British forces, Hong Kong is still peaceful. Japan has cast a smoke screen of peace and deceived many Hong Kong people, even the British authorities in Hong Kong. Hong Kong people still live in their own way, and Li Haiquan is still busy performing.

The sudden change of the wind and cloud-194165438+At 4: 45 a.m. on February 8, the Japanese naval air force raided the US naval base Pearl Harbor, and the Pacific War broke out.

At 8: 30 that day, 42 bombers and escort planes painted with striking sun flags suddenly appeared over Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon. Within five minutes, the wreckage of the RAF plane was everywhere. After that, Japanese bombers bombed Hong Kong Island, filled with smoke and chaos.

The Li Haiquan family hid at the bottom of the house. Grace Lee prayed to God as a Catholic, while Li Haiquan was a Buddhist, burning incense and worshiping Buddha.

Japan officially declared war on the United States and Britain. In Hongkong, 500 China soldiers and two battalions of British troops fought bloody battles with the invading Japanese army. 1 1, all Chinese and British garrison officers were killed, and there were few soldiers left, so they were forced to evacuate from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island. On the 25th, the British surrendered, and Hong Kong fell under the iron heel of Japan.

People in Hong Kong are living in dire straits, inflation and food shortage, and people have fled to Taiwan Province Province and Macau to take refuge. The population of Hong Kong has dropped sharply from 65,438+600,000 to 600,000. Li Haiquan's family didn't leave, but he has been away from home with his family, ready to bear the pain of being displaced. He believes in Buddhism and Buddhism will protect the safety of his family.

Bruce Lee's childhood was spent in violent turmoil. He is young and inexperienced, and the war has little influence on his growth as an adult. At that time, Bruce Lee was malnourished, but positive and fearless. At that time, the panacea used by adults to scare children was to say, "The Japanese plane is coming!" No matter how naughty a child is, he will be too scared to move. This face to Bruce Lee is invalid, as usual. On one occasion, he climbed to the third floor, stood on the wall of the corridor and shouted at the low-flying Japanese plane. According to the memory of the elders living next door to the Li family, He Jintang turned pale with fear and slapped his ass angrily. Bruce Lee is still stubborn.

On August 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan announced his unconditional surrender. The next day, the British Pacific Fleet sailed into Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. The Sun Flag of the Governor's Office was replaced by the Mitzi Flag, and Hong Kong was restored as a British crown colony.

After the war, Hong Kong rebuilt its homeland and entered an economic recovery period. The Hong Kong government implements a rice rationing system and imposes price restrictions on major non-staple foods. The life of Hong Kong people has been basically guaranteed, and all the refugees have returned to their homes. By 1949, due to the change of war situation, a large number of mainlanders flooded into Hong Kong, which led to the rapid expansion of Hong Kong's population, exceeding the total population before the war.

After the war, the Li family settled in Kowloon. Father, mother, sister Ji En, Feifei, younger brother Peter (Li) and younger brother Robert (). There are seven people in the family. In 1950s, his father Li Haiquan became a famous clown in Cantonese opera, and his income gradually increased. In addition, his mother He Jintang was born in a famous family, and Li's family is in the upper class of Hong Kong. Family life is stable and comfortable, but it is often disturbed by Xiaofeng.

Bruce Lee's brother, Li, who later served as assistant director of the Royal Observatory, recalled Bruce Lee's childhood: "Whenever he sat honestly, people would think that he must be ill. He is very interesting and active, always jumping and talking.

He also likes practical jokes, and there are endless patterns, from family members to servants.

"Although he plays around, he has a good heart. One day, he looked at the street view from the window and suddenly ran out of the gate. The whole family was taken aback by his actions. When everyone went to the window to see what new tricks he was doing, it turned out that a blind man was crossing the road and dug a big hole in front of the road. " Bruce Lee was afraid that the blind man would slip and fall into a hole in the ground, so he bravely led the blind man across the road.

What worries the family in particular is that Bruce Lee went out to make trouble and beat his older children. Between the neighbors, there are people who don't know to tell on the Li family. Li Haiquan always scolds his son. Bruce Lee stubbornly said, "I hit the bad guy!"

Regardless of whether the son's "use of force" is justified or not, parents are religious people and abide by the creed of "being kind to others and being self-disciplined". They can't tolerate their son being idle and controlled in many ways.

As it turns out, my parents couldn't control this wild little wild horse, so they let him go. With the growth of age, 19-year-old Bruce Lee has gradually become a famous "flying boy" on the streets of Kowloon.