Although some people have been dead for many years, many people still remember him.
Such a person either has established great achievements before his death and done things that are beneficial to the people; or he is very top-notch in a certain field, has exclusive skills, and is deeply loved by the public.
Bruce Lee was like this, although he has been dead for 40 years, but he is still remembered by many viewers. After years of washing, the name Bruce Lee and himself still shine in the minds of countless people.
The four and a half kung fu movies he made in the last years of his life have made countless Chinese audiences remember him and impress him with kung fu. He is a well-deserved kung fu superstar.
He also successfully broke into Hollywood and participated in many films in the United States, and through his own efforts, he changed the perception of yellow people in Europe and the United States.
His martial arts are not only arts, but also Tao.
He infiltrated the philosophical idea of "Ruoshui" into his own kung fu concept, which means that people who practice martial arts should empty their minds, be as formless as water, be able to adapt to different environments, and also be able to flow and impact, creating the greatest destructive force.
When he was alive, he was dazzling, but like a meteor, he died unexpectedly at the age of 33, and his son Lee Kwok-ho died unexpectedly when he was shot by a real bullet in a prop gun while filming on the set in 1993.
Both father and son died unexpectedly when they were very young, and both had many doubts and could not be thought about.
One
Bruce Lee was born in the United States, but he lived in Hong Kong until the age of 19.
His father, Li Haiquan, was a well-known Cantonese opera actor in Hong Kong in the 1940s, and his mother, Ho Ai-yu, was of mixed Eurasian descent. Ho was adopted by Cheung Chun-sin, a distant cousin of Ho Kam Tong (a descendant of Hong Kong's richest man, the Ho Tung family), so Bruce Lee has 1/4 European ancestry.
In 1940, Li Haiquan took his pregnant wife on a tour of the United States, and during the performance, a child was born, and this child was Bruce Lee. Because he was born in the United States, he naturally had American citizenship.
On April 6, 1941, Bruce Lee, whose parents were still babies, returned to Hong Kong.
When Bruce Lee was 6 years old, he went to play where his father Li Haiquan was filming, and was favored by the director at the time, so he debuted as a child star in the movie "The Life of Man".
Bruce Lee when he was young
His parents wanted him to study well and be a cultured man, but Bruce Lee didn't love to read and loved to fight. Often after school, as soon as the bag is thrown away, he runs out to fight with others. But Bruce Lee said: I can't learn, but I can fight, and I will get ahead of it.
When he says fighting, he doesn't mean fighting, he means fighting.
When he was young, his appearance was very high
But from 1957 to 1959, he did not receive a new play for three years. He encountered many transformation problems encountered by child stars.
However, his parents just hoped that he could calm down and study, but he was in trouble, Bruce Lee loved to fight, like to fight, once, he beat a rich brother.
The other party reported to the police, and things got a bit big. In this case, Bruce Lee's father decided to send him to the United States.
On April 29, 1959, Bruce Lee embarked on a ship to the United States, carrying in his pocket the $100 his father had given him.
Two
When he arrived in the United States, he borrowed the stair utility room of the restaurant owned by his father's friend. Going to school during the day, working part-time after school, working as a waiter in a restaurant, he worked for 3 years in a row, solving the tuition and living expenses by himself. I didn't ask my parents for money again.
In 1959, Seattle held the Summer Ocean Festival, Bruce Lee also went to participate, and at the same time showed his own special kung fu ----- South Mantis Fist, many people watched, one of the black boys Jesse was very obsessed, pestering must worship Bruce Lee as a teacher.
This Jesse was very obsessed with Bruce Lee and bragged in front of his roommate about how powerful Bruce Lee was, so a month later, Jesse's roommate Hart also came to learn from his teacher, and Hart later became a professional boxer.
As more and more people came to visit the master, the disciples pooled their money to rent a storefront in Chinatown as a training ground, which became Bruce Lee's first martial arts gym.
While teaching martial arts to students, Bruce Lee continued to study and prepare to take the university entrance exam.
In 1961, after some hard work, the 21-year-old Bruce Lee finally passed the college entrance exam and was admitted to the University of Washington.
During college, Bruce Lee took theatrical performances and participated in theatrical performances in school. In addition, he is also interested in philosophical and historical books. Later boxing concepts he proposed---- Ruoshui, "the law of the impossible, the limit of the infinite" are all related to the extensive reading of philosophical books.
In 1963, Yan Jinghai, who had a lot of contacts in the United States, approached Bruce Lee and agreed that the two would cooperate in Auckland to open the Zhen Fan Martial Arts Branch. Since then, many Hollywood celebrities have become the apprentices of Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee married The American Linda in 1964, Bruce Lee's income was relatively poor.
Linda is also a martial arts enthusiast, she came to Bruce Lee's martial arts gym to study, thus getting acquainted, and later the two fell in love and became married.
After marriage, Linda gave birth to a son and a daughter. Bruce Lee died when his son was 8 years old. However, when his son was very young, Bruce Lee taught his son martial arts and cultivated his son's love of martial arts.
Three
On April 1, 1960, world judo champion Masahiko Kimura traveled to the United States, and after hearing about Bruce Lee's fame, he decided to challenge Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee gladly responded, he punched quite fast, the whole game took only 6 seconds to end, Kimura was immediately knocked to the ground, a long time to wake up. After this battle, Bruce Lee's fame grew, and the number of disciples in the martial arts hall also increased.
The father of American judo, Jenny Lebel, once said of Bruce Lee: "His strike speed is twice as fast as the average person, and his boxing, footwork and kicking skills are more than almost everyone else's." ”
The reason why the attack speed is twice as fast as the average person is that Bruce Lee has made a fierce effort behind it.
He gets up early every day, then runs 6-7 kilometers outdoors, and then starts practicing 500 punches, 500 indexes, 500 kicks;
He also uses skipping rope as part of his daily training to build endurance and bounce. At night, he would do weight training and ride an exercise bike.
He also incorporates training into his daily routine, such as dumbbell bending while watching TV and exercising arm strength.
Bruce Lee learned a variety of boxing techniques, and he combined his own practical skills to create his own boxing. He proposed a new boxing concept of truncated boxing: "There is a law with the impossible, and the infinite as the limit." ”
Bruce Lee caught the attention of hollywood film and television circles.
In 1966 he starred in The Green Hornet, a 26-episode series in which he served as the second male. His role as Kato was very popular with the audience.
However, at that time, the salary for him was relatively low, and the remuneration was only 450 US dollars (equivalent to 1107 yuan at the exchange rate at that time), which was not only the lowest in the whole crew, but even half less than the white dragon suit.
It can be seen that Hollywood at that time was still very prejudiced against the Chinese.
In the performance of the play, Bruce Lee's kung fu changed the perception of yellow people in Europe and the United States at that time.
However, after "Green Hornet" was broadcast in the United States, it only aired one season because of the mediocre performance of male number one.
Bruce Lee's outstanding performance in "Green Hornet" has left an impression on many people. Since then, he has also been invited to participate in some films and TV series, but all of them are cameo roles.
In 1969, he starred in the film Scandal Blood.
Bruce Lee was very demanding of himself, and he once said:
"My clear goal is to be the highest-paid superstar in the United States. Starting in 1970, I will earn a worldwide reputation. By 1980, I will have a fortune of $15 million, and my family and I will live happily ever after. ”
Despite his previous ambitions to become the highest-paid superstar in the United States, the development of the American film industry has not been smooth. Since then, Bruce Lee has waited for opportunities while focusing on the field of martial arts.
Four
In 1971, Bruce Lee decided to return to Hong Kong in search of opportunities.
Began to talk about cooperation with Shaw Pictures, but did not talk about it. Later, Jiahe's boss Zou Wenhuai signed a contract with him, when Jiahe Pictures had just been established.
During his time at Jiahe, Bruce Lee starred in the first kung fu film , " Big Brother Tangshan " . The budget cost of the film was only more than 200,000, while the box office revenue broke the box office record at the time, reaching 3.19 million! Bruce Lee became famous for the film.
In 1972, as soon as the two films were released, they broke box office records and occupied the top and second places in the annual rankings.
In just three weeks of its release, "Jingwumen" earned HK$3.5 million, breaking the box office record for Hong Kong films in the entire Southeast Asian market.
Bruce Lee was so popular that it could be said that it was all over the country at that time.
Bruce Lee's fourth kung fu film was Dragon Fight, a collaboration between Jiahe Pictures and Hollywood studio Warner Bros., which cost $800,000 to produce.
Dragon Quest eventually grossed $230 million worldwide and HK$3.3 million in Hong Kong.
After "Dragon Fight", Bruce Lee starred in "Game of Death", but only halfway through the filming, he died unexpectedly.
On March 22, 1972, the Hong Kong media published a shocking news ----- "Bruce Lee, the star of the martial arts film half of the sky has died."
Bruce Lee is famous for his kung fu films, his physique is not comparable to that of ordinary people, and his accidental death at the age of 33 makes people feel strange.
Later, after someone checked the starting route of the ambulance that took Bruce Lee to the hospital that day, a fact appeared in front of the public: Bruce Lee died in the home of actress Ding Pei.
Bruce Lee had known Ding Pei for just over a year before his death. He first met Ding Pei in the hotel where he was celebrating his wife's birthday.
On March 21, 1972, Bruce Lee celebrated the birthday of his wife at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, when he invited his boss Zou Wenhuai was preparing to leave the hotel, Ding Pei appeared, Zou Wenhuai and Ding Pei were acquaintances, so he introduced Ding Pei to Bruce Lee by the way.
Ding Pei's father has been practicing medicine for three generations, and Zhang Xueliang is her uncle. Ding Pei looks beautiful, fashionable dress, as soon as he debuted, he won the appreciation of Run Run Shaw and took the route of a rare star in the circle.
Bruce Lee once said something like this to his wife before his death:
"For me, it's you and the kids who matter. Postmarital infidelity will not have a real impact on marriage. A brief crush on another woman does not pose any threat to the marriage. ”
On the afternoon of July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee and Zou Huaiwen went to the home of actress Ding Pei to talk about filmmaking.
After the three of them exchanged, Zou Huaiwen resigned first, saying that he would arrange the dinner first, wait until the meal was ready, and then let Bruce Lee and Ding Pei go to the party.
But at about six o'clock in the afternoon, Bruce Lee said he had a headache, so Ding Pei asked him to lie in his room for a while and gave him a painkiller.
Without thinking, Bruce Lee slept and never woke up again. Later, a medical evaluation said that "Bruce Lee died of cerebral edema".
Bruce Lee's medical examiner said that Bruce Lee's body was as healthy as an 18-year-old when he was examined before he died.
Many people are suspicious of Bruce Lee's sudden death.
Bruce Lee's wife, Linda, revealed to the media the cause of Bruce Lee's death shortly after Bruce Lee's death. She said:
In order to practice better and get into the working state quickly, Bruce Lee often takes a small amount of big M to keep himself excited and work harder.
In addition, when Bruce Lee was busy filming, he often slept only three or four hours a night.
In order to improve the effectiveness of his martial arts training, he also used an electric shock method to stimulate the muscles.
According to the doctor's analysis, the big M was not enough to kill Bruce Lee, but on the day of Bruce Lee's death, it is possible that the chemical reaction of the painkiller that Ding Pei gave him to drink with the marijuana accelerated his death.
But the autopsy showed that Bruce Lee had no drug ingredients in his stomach. There are various theories about Bruce Lee's death, but what the ultimate truth is remains a mystery.
After Bruce Lee's death, a farewell ceremony was held at the funeral home in Hong Kong, and many well-known people in the relevant film and television circles came.
In the spiritual hall, Linda was dressed in black, and sorrow covered her face, and her 8-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter knelt beside their mother and greeted the guests who had come to pay tribute.
The next day, Bruce Lee's coffin was transported from Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport to Seattle, where Bruce Lee opened his first martial arts gym.
Five
After Bruce Lee's death, Bruce Lee's wife, Linda, took a pair of children to live in the United States. Given the characteristics of his profession, Bruce Lee bought himself several insurances before his death, and the insurance compensation was enough for Linda and her two children to live in the United States.
Linda was originally American, and on August 17, 1964, Bruce Lee and a pregnant Linda were married at the church.
It is said that Linda's mother objected to her daughter marrying a Chinese man, and Linda only told her mother after registering her marriage with Bruce Lee. Linda's parents had no choice but to accept it.
On February 1, 1965, Linda gave birth to her first child, a son, named Lee Kwok-ho.
On the 7th day after the birth of his son Lee Kwok-ho, Bruce Lee's father, Lee Hai-quan, died, and Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong alone to mourn.
Four years later, Bruce Lee's wife, Linda, gave birth to her daughter Li Xiangning.
Bruce Lee loved his daughter very much, but for his son, he taught him martial arts.
Bruce Lee's son, Li Guohao, looks a little more like his mother and is closer to the appearance of a white man.
Li Guohao entered the film industry at the age of 20, and with his father's fame, the Chinese martial arts taught by Bruce Lee, and a handsome Western face, his initial entry into the show business circle was relatively smooth.
In 1987, he was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards for "The Dragon in the Jianghu".
However, in the early days, many companies approached him to shoot in order to make him imitate his father Bruce Lee's every move. At this time, Li Guohao felt disgusted, and he wanted to shoot things that reflected his style.
Unlike Bruce Lee, Lee calls himself an American. You can't blame him, he has been living in the United States since he was a child, and his circle of contact is American.
Later, he went to Hollywood and starred in "Kung Fu Movie", "Lightning Action", "Dragon Overlord World", etc., and gradually gained his own popularity.
On April 1, 1993, April Fool's Day, Lee Was Shooting the Film "The Crow" on the set, which was about to end, so he was in a good mood.
At the time, he was playing against actor Michael.
According to the plot, Michael fired a shot at Li Guohao, which should have been just a prop gun, but unexpectedly shot a real bullet! Li Guohao was suddenly shot in the abdomen, blood was direct, and after being rushed to the hospital, he also died after being rescued ineffectively. At the time, he was only 28 years old.
Michael, who fired the gun, the gun manager, and the prop manager all said they were following the procedure and didn't make a mistake.
After a police review, all three suspects were acquitted because of "insufficient evidence."
But Li Guohao's death, there are obviously many doubts, must be another other person in advance of the real bullet, looking for an opportunity to load into the prop gun.
Michael, who accidentally killed Lee Guohao, is also a big fan of Bruce Lee, and he also blames himself for Lee Guohao's accidental killing. "The Crow" was released with great repercussions, but Michael never looked at it.
The death of Bruce Lee's son also became an open case. After Li Guohao's death, he was also buried next to the grave of his father Bruce Lee.
Bruce Lee died at the age of 33 and his son died at the age of 28, both without warning and unexpectedly, which made people sigh.
The death is very strange, and there are many doubts, but what the truth is, it is unknown and confusing.
In March 2018, the 25th anniversary of the death of Bruce Lee's son, Hong Kong director Yu Rentai revealed that before Lee's death, he bought the former home of the late movie star Errol Flynn on Hollywood Boulevard, implying that Lee's death was related to the house that year. However, it is not known how it is related.
Bruce Lee's wife, Linda, remained single long after Bruce Lee's death.
When both children were adults, she considered remarrying.
In 1988 Linda married writer Tom Brick, who was also a student of Bruce Lee. At this time, 15 years have passed since Bruce Lee's death.
However, the two divorced after two years of marriage. After the divorce, Tom Brick published a book discussing Bruce Lee's death as Linda's ex-husband, and Linda tried to dissuade him, but was unsuccessful.
In 1991, Linda married again, against stockbroker Bruce Cardwell.
Bruce Lee and his son are buried in Seattle's Lakeview Cemetery.
Since Bruce Lee was buried in 1973, Lakeview Cemetery has become a major attraction in Seattle. In the cemetery management office, there is a large and thick one of the signature books of the people who came to mourn Bruce Lee. It can be seen that there are many people who like Bruce Lee.
The core concept of "the law of the impossible, the limit of the infinite" was engraved on Bruce Lee's tombstone.
Bruce Lee not only has a considerable number of fans in China, he has also won the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the American Association of Performing Arts in the United States.
Si Ren has gone, and can only relive his wonderful kung fu performance through the screen, and experience his martial arts philosophy and martial arts spirit from it.
reference:
Global Times
Documentary: Bruce Lee
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