Jackie Chan is an internationally renowned kung fu superstar, in the most brilliant era of Hong Kong films, as long as Jackie Chan's name is mentioned, almost everyone knows it. However, the family has a difficult scripture to read, in fact, the original family relationship of Jackie Chan's big brother is extremely complicated.
Jackie Chan now admits that the only child is Fang Zuming, in fact, he also has a daughter Wu Zhuolin, but this "little dragon girl" has never been recognized by Jackie Chan, and the relationship between father and daughter is still chaotic, and it is moved out by the media from time to time to hype. However, Jackie Chan has never admitted this daughter, and this incident has also made the public have a lot of opinions about Jackie Chan, and even think that Jackie Chan's private life is chaotic.
In fact, when it comes to the issue of Jackie Chan's children, it has always been the focus of media attention, and the public change of Fangzu's name has also shocked the media. Jackie Chan claimed to be his original name Chen Gangsheng, and Jackie Chan was his stage name. As the son of Jackie Chan, Fang Zu's name was Chen Zuming when he first debuted, and he later changed it to Fang Zu's name.
This move makes people feel confused, because the parents of Fangzu's name are not surnamed Fang, why should they change their son's name to Fangzu's name?
In fact, this incident just led to Jackie Chan's original family problem, his family relationship is more complicated, and even because of family reasons several times on the media. Jackie Chan and the eldest brother also had a conflict over the death of their father, and this contradiction was not clarified until 2013.
1. The international superstar claims to be a descendant of Fang Xuanling, and changes the name of his son only to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors
Jackie Chan decided to change Fang Zu's name in 2004, but Jackie Chan's account is that he decided to let his son recognize his ancestors and return to the ancestors because he is a descendant of Fang Xuanling. Jackie Chan has always claimed to the media that although he was born in Hong Kong, his ancestral home is in Shandong, and Fang Xuanling, as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, is a native of Shandong.
However, if we talk about it from the generation of Jackie Chan's father Fang Daolong, Jackie Chan's ancestral home should be Anhui, and if you want to say that It is Shandong, it seems to be too far away. However, the surname on Jackie Chan's family tree is indeed Fang, which is beyond doubt.
It's just that Jackie Chan has not known that he has two older brothers in the process of growing up, the eldest brother is Fang Shide, and the second brother is Fang Shisheng. Not only that, Jackie Chan also has two sisters, so his original family relationship is more complicated, and all this has to start from Jackie Chan's father Fang Daolong.
2. Jackie Chan's father has had two marriages and has not seen his brother for decades
Jackie Chan's father Fang Daolong has been living in Anhui in his early years, he was still in Anhui at that time, and had two sons after marriage, the eldest is Fang Shide, and the second is Fang Shisheng. However, Fang Daolong was uneasy about a dull life and wanted to go out and work hard with his own ability.
In this way, Fang Daolong came to Macao to develop, later went to Hong Kong, and finally settled in Hong Kong. The reason why Jackie Chan was originally called Chen Gangsheng was precisely because he was born in Hong Kong, but Jackie Chan's mother was Fang Daolong's second wife, named Chen Lili.
After Fang Daolong settled down in Hong Kong, he had no intention of returning to Anhui, and his two sons in his hometown could only be taken care of by his first wife. But then she died of a serious illness, and the two children were left unattended, and if it were not for the grandparents who were distressed by them and took them to care for them, their fate would have been even more tragic.
In fact, since Fang Daolong came to Hong Kong, his heart has always been worried about his two sons, and after he learned the news of the death of his original wife, he finally returned to Anhui after two years. This time Fang Daolong mainly visited his two sons, when the eldest son was only 10 years old and the younger son was only 6 years old.
For Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng, their father Fang Daolong is a relatively vague existence in their memories, although they have been looking forward to getting their father's care, but their father has always been absent on their growth path. So when Fang Daolong appeared in front of the two sons again, they were both happy and strange.
But this meeting was extremely short-lived, because Fang Daolong could not continue to stay in Anhui, he had a stable career in Hong Kong, and more importantly, he already had a new family there, and a son who made him proud.
Fang Daolong only gave birth to Jackie Chan in his 40s, so Jackie Chan has never known that he has two half-brothers. It is worth mentioning that in fact, Jackie Chan's mother, Chen Lili, also had a marriage before marrying Fang Daolong, and she also had two daughters with her first husband at that time. So Jackie Chan actually has two older brothers and two older sisters, and Jackie Chan only learned of the existence of these two brothers in 1985.
Such complex family relationships, coupled with Jackie Chan's early fame, turned it all into a custom bomb. Because the media likes to investigate the private lives of celebrities, especially when Jackie Chan's fame is growing, these news have gradually become people's talk of conversation after dinner.
Jackie Chan's eldest brother and second brother did not have such a good life as him, they have been living a hard life since birth, after the death of their mother, the eldest brother Fang Shide alone took up the burden of the family, he believes that the eldest brother is the father, so he will take good care of his younger brother Fang Shisheng no matter what.
In this way, although Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng did not have much achievement in their lives, just ordinary wage earners, but they lived a carefree life, they got a wife very early, Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng brothers relied on each other for their lives, and did not expect their father who was far away in Hong Kong.
3. Jackie Chan and his two brothers had a conflict and did not reconcile until 2013
Jackie Chan learned of the existence of Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng in 1985, and Fang Daolong also decided to return to his hometown in Anhui to see his two sons at this time, 35 years after he last returned home.
This time Fang Daolong returned home to his hometown, because Jackie Chan was already an international superstar. And Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng have long since stopped hating their father for abandoning them, and when they see their father return to their hometown, they are still full of expectations for their father.
However, at that time, Jackie Chan had not yet met the two brothers, although they were brothers, but they did not know each other, in fact, they were no different from strangers. The two brothers actually want to meet Jackie Chan, not because he is a star, but because he wants to reunite with his brother.
But Jackie Chan always pushed back, and even when his father Fang Daolong died, he did not notify his two brothers to come to the funeral. This matter was hyped up by the media at the time, and Jackie Chan's two brothers have always said that they want to meet with Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan was relatively resistant at that time, until 2013, he finally decided to return to his hometown in Anhui to spend time with his relatives, and also used this to resolve the conflict with his two brothers.
Since then, Jackie Chan has accepted the existence of these two brothers from the bottom of his heart.