Stephen Chow's life background.

Mom Ling Baoer; Sister Zhou Wenji; Sister Zhou

In 1950s and 1960s, Hong Kong ushered in two waves of immigrants from the Mainland, during which 72 tenants appeared. Stephen Chow, 1962 was born in Hongkong on June 22nd, and is the descendant of this group of immigrants. According to a Hong Kong newspaper, Stephen Chow's mother, Ling Baoer, went from Guangdong to Hong Kong to make a living after her father was imprisoned in 1957.

At that time, Hong Kong's manufacturing industry developed rapidly, but it was not easy for new immigrants to find jobs. It is not easy to have a personal guarantee and a working deposit first. After coming to Hongkong, Ling Baoer soon married a Shanghai immigrant because she had no money to study. They live in a slum in Kowloon, have two daughters and a son, and live a poor life. A family of five crowded into a small wooden house, slept in bunk beds and cooked delicious soy sauce rice in the world.

But Stephen Chow's parents are always at odds, and often quarrel or even fight. Ling Baoer, a man of temperament, finally divorced her husband, and the custody of the children also went to Ling Bao Er.

This son is Stephen Chow, the second child in the family. His parents divorced when he was seven. There is a sister named, and a younger sister named Zhou. In Stephen Chow's memory, although he grew up in a single-parent family and had no childhood, he was still wonderful.

"I grew up very happy, there are many programs. I go to the park to practice martial arts every day, and I don't seem to have time to find shadows. " However, Stephen Chow also recalled that he was scolded by his parents for buying a toy robot.

"My parents are very artistic people. Their every move is very entertaining, even fighting is very interesting. Maybe because mommy is not that kind of weak woman, their quarrels and even fights often have unexpected results. "

Stephen Chow's mother, Ling Baoer, is a person with distinctive personality and versatility. Stephen Chow still remembers that her mother used to like a singer named Lin Xiangyuan best. After getting up every day, she will listen to her singing with a tape recorder, and she will sing three meals a day. Her favorite song is Mao Zedong's song "The Recent Flowers". Singing became a part of my mother's daily life, and it also influenced Stephen Chow. "Up to now, I like Mao Zedong's poems very much, which was made by my grandmother singing" The Recent Flowers "three times every morning at noon and evening. I haven't read all Mao Zedong's poems, but I think he is a great poet! "

Ling Baoer loves acting, too. "When I was a child, my grandmother attended the church drama party every day, and our brothers and sisters were often forced by her to be spectators. Although I still don't know what play she has arranged, I can't help laughing every time I see her performing seriously on the stage. Even so, she gave me a lot of inspiration. "

Stephen Chow, who grew up in such an environment, liked acting very much when he was very young. At that time, he was not shy at all in acting in front of everyone.

After the divorce, Ling Baoer took three children and worked two jobs. One of the jobs is working as a cashier in a restaurant, so my son will make noodles for him every time after school. Because it is hard to earn money by working outside the home, Stephen Chow and her sister were fostered in the grandmother's house in Temple Street. Grandma usually sells nail clippers for a living, and Stephen Chow and her sister help her set up a stall every day. But at that time, Stephen Chow was very playful, and often found an excuse to sneak to other places to play, so that grandma and sister could see the stalls.

In order to make a living, Ling Baoer got married again, which broke up after giving birth to a daughter. As for Stephen Chow's father, he never disclosed any information publicly in the media, except that Stephen Chow mentioned one or two words by chance after he became famous: "I seldom saw my father before, but I have had more contact recently. I think my father is also very humorous! " This has become one of the few words Stephen Chow can find about his father.

As a child, Stephen Chow may not understand his mother's pain, because at this time, like the children around him, he began to be fascinated by Japanese and Hongkong popular comic books and cartoon TV series.

During this period, the first Mandarin film filmed by Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong was also released (197 1), which set off a kung fu craze in Hong Kong. These things are very important to 9-year-old Stephen Chow. Because comics and Bruce Lee, two things that later influenced Stephen Chow's life and creation, reached a peak at this time.

"That year, my mother took me to the cinema for the first time. At that time, Bruce Lee's" Tangshan Big Brother "had just begun to be released. At that time, the family was poor and had no spare money except to make a living. My mother took my sister and me to a cinema near our home, and business was good at that time. "

"Although it was a very shabby cinema, I was completely attracted by the movie and felt my heart was about to jump out. As I spoke, I was so excited that I burst into tears. Bruce Lee is amazing. He occupies the whole screen. Not only his superb martial arts, but also his passionate spirit. Basically, at that time I dreamed that I would play kung fu. "

"Bruce Lee has become everything to me, and I decided to become Bruce Lee. Being a kung fu master is my first choice, and being an actor can only rank second. After watching Bruce Lee, I am full of fighting spirit. I really want to play a set of boxing, but I don't know what to do. Ok, I will learn Kung Fu and my attitude towards life is positive. "

Stephen Chow practiced Wing Chun most since he was a child, and also played iron sand palm, all of which were learned blindly by watching movies. Later, I recalled that experience when I was a child and felt very funny. Later, Stephen Chow also practiced Thai boxing, but he didn't go to school to learn it. "I'm just a kung fu fan." Stephen Chow also likes Bruce Lee's own Jeet Kune Do. He practices hard every day and even fights with other children.

In the eyes of Stephen Chow's mother Ling Baoer, Stephen Chow usually stays at home without saying a word. "Star teenagers don't know much about the world, they are pure and kind, and sometimes they are at a loss; He doesn't like talking to people, so there are some things I don't know. "