40 years ago, five like-minded "Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists" formed a small group, led by Jackie Chan, a legend in the later Chinese film industry, so this small group was named "Chengjia Class". 40 years later, I started a family class
Eight generations of disciples have been developed, and the members of the family class have become the most outstanding group of stunt professionals in Hong Kong.
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Chengjia Class, on the afternoon of the 20th, the Chengjia Class held a grand commemorative activity at the Chengjia Class International Training Base of the Jackie Chan Art Center in Jixian County, Tianjin.
Zeng Zhiwei came, Tang Jili came, Yuan Biao came, Yuan Hua came, Shi Xiaolong came, Hong Tianming also came, and most importantly, the 71 brothers and disciples of the Eight Generations Chengjia Class came from all directions.
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The Family Class was officially established in 1976, a brilliant era: the 1980s and 1990s, to this day. The name represents the most outstanding group of Hong Kong's stunt professionals, each of whom is one of the elites in the 100.
The Chengjia class is the "Flying Tiger Team" in the martial arts, brave and courageous and omnipotent. The presence of them heralds thrilling and exciting. Hong Kong's action direction is like Lin, and taking the best action direction at the Hong Kong Academy Awards is like winning the table tennis championship in China, which is much more difficult than winning the world championship.
As the action team with the most awards (9 times) at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and the only one who can win the action design team for three consecutive years (if you add Tang Jili's "Police Story 4"), the family team will be 2 consecutive triple crowns. The family starter class in Hong Kong can be described as proud of the crowd and unlimited scenery.
But it is this mighty team, because of the long-term hiding behind the scenes, many members are not well known.
At that time, there were only 5 members, and the well-known Li Qiangquan, Mars, and Zhou Runjian belonged to the earliest members, while Wang Kun and Tang Yancan were the other two members. Later, many people continued to join in, of course, some people did a few years after leaving, in and out of the late 80s, early 90s, the development of the family class reached a relatively prosperous stage.
The 10 years from 1980 to 1990 were a period of booming growth for the family class, with far more people joining than leaving, and by the time "A Plan Sequel" was filmed, the number of members of the family class had reached a dozen people. Later, the number of people in the family class decreased, but some people still joined in.
In addition to Jackie Chan, there are some people in the family class who are worth introducing.
Von Ke'an
Feng Ke'an is not only the old predecessor of the family start-up class, but also the predecessor of the Hong Kong film industry, and Hong Jinbao was his descendant and was also promoted by him. Feng Ke'an comes from an acting family, his parents, brothers and sisters are in the show business circle, and his sister Feng Baobao and sister Feng Subo are well-known actors.
From a young age, he mixed in the film and television circle, followed Liu Jialiang as a dragon and tiger martial artist, then worked as an action director and director, and then joined the family class. Most of the roles played are adulterous characters, and they are common big bad guys in Hong Kong films. The most well-known role in recent years is the lack of place in Kung Fu, and strictly speaking, we are just a singer. Regrettably, Von Ke'an left us forever last year!
Lu Huiguang
Jackie Chan has two major protectors, namely Lu Huiguang and Duan Weilun, and the Internet has also been rumored that the big brother ruthlessly fired it, but at the dinner party celebrating Jackie Chan's big brother winning the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award, Lu Huiguang's appearance is undoubtedly to break the discord rumors.
Lo Wai Kwong is the champion of the Hong Kong Muay Thai Finals for seven consecutive years, his strength should not be underestimated, the most commendable is his sharp leg skills, "Drunken Fist 2" and Jackie Chan, "Letter to Daddy" and Yu Rongguang, Zou Zhaolong formed a three-person long-legged team against Jet Li and Xie Miao father and son. Lu Huiguang's kung fu, whether in the family class can develop very well, it seems to be good at present.
Duan Weilun
Duan Weilun and Jackie Chan had a lifelong friendship and once saved the life of Jackie Chan's eldest brother. Before getting to know Jackie Chan, Duan Weilun was an ATV artist and often played small roles. After becoming the assistant and bodyguard of the big brother, there are also many opportunities to star, such as the "Police Story" series, "Drunken Fist 2", "Thunderbolt Fire", "Glass Bottle" and so on.
The conflict with Jackie Chan's big brother is also due to money, and it is said that he was fired by Jackie Chan in 2003 and expressed dissatisfaction with the severance pay he was given. It is also said that he once disobeyed the orders of his eldest brother, and we do not know which is right or wrong.
Mars
Mars, formerly known as Jiang Rongfa, is also a child star, who participated in the films of Hu Jinquan, Zhang Che, Bruce Lee and Xu Guanwen in the early years, but no one noticed him at that time. In the 80s, he joined the family class, and initially starred as a male second, such as Ah Qin in "Young Master Dragon", and then slowly became a supporting role, Jin Dazui in "Police Story", Big Mouth in "Plan A", flying tiger team members in "Overlord Flower" and so on.
Taibao
Taibao, whose original name was Cheung Chia Nien, was born in Taiwan and came to Hong Kong after the age of 12. After entering the industry, in the early days, he mainly followed Jackie Chan Hong Jinbao, and the roles were loyal and adulterous, but most of them were supporting roles in gags. Like Wu Mengda, there are more gags, but people ignore his strength. Although Taibao's acting career of more than 20 years is basically a supporting role, there are champions in feasible and supporting roles. His performances in "Servant" and "The Love of the Running Hand" were nominated twice for the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor, and in the latter successfully hugged the horse.
During the family start-up class, he and Mars had the most eccentric names, but as a supporting role, it was quite eye-catching. Unlike Mars, Taibao has no performance in martial arts, but he has broken through a world in supporting roles, and the number of large and small movies has exceeded a hundred.
Lai qiangquan
Speaking of Li Qiangquan, we don't know, if we talk about the little dumb man in "Police Story 2", everyone must remember that it is the little dumb man who kicked and beat Jackie Chan three times in the air and kept shouting at Aba Aba in his mouth. Some time ago, he also appeared in the family class reunion, and the eldest brother is also a brother for many years.
Lin Guobin
When we think of Lin Guobin, we will think of the master brother of the broken water flow, we will think of the dawn, and we will think of Mei Yanfang. However, he was also a member of the family squad in his early days, and participated in films such as "Police Story 2" and "Glass Bottle".
Zhou Runjian
Zhou Runjian was born in January 1950, began to enter the film circle in 67, also in the martial arts zhou runjian in the "Flying Dragon Fierce General", joined the Chengjia class in 1978, when he was already from a martial arts master to martial arts instruction. Many martial artists in Hong Kong are from Pear Garden, I don't know if Zhou Runjian is the same, in Yuan Heping's "Brave without Fear", I have seen him play a drama class name Xiaosheng, there is a look, it seems to have some skills.
From 78 to 88 years of "Police Story Sequel" and "Flying Dragon Fierce General", Zhou Runjian stayed in the Chengjia class for more than 10 years, as an important member in the early days, he made great contributions to Jackie Chan's achievements, and in 92, the "Chengjia Class" announced the dissolution, Zhou Runjian used his skills to help boxing everywhere, as an assistant director and martial arts director (mostly deputies), like the familiar "New Blue Blood Sword", "Huang Feihong's Iron Chicken Fighting Centipede", "Huang Feihong's Generation of Grandmasters" He has participated. But in the end, the impact is not big, with the decline of Hong Kong films, Zhou Runjian gradually withdrew from the film circle. In 1995, after working as an action director in a tertiary film "The Killer of the Second Milk Village", there was no news of him.
"The spirit of starting a family must be passed on"
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In the Chinese film industry, Jackie Chan is a legend, and his action films have made the world aware of Chinese kung fu. However, even after winning the Oskay Lifetime Achievement Award, Jackie Chan still said, "I was just pushed to the forefront, and all the achievements and honors belonged to all the brothers in the family class."
All the brothers in the Chengjia class call Jackie Chan "big brother", and Zeng Zhiwei also called him so.
"I'm not a member of the family class, because I can't fight, and I can only say that I am a good friend of Jackie Chan." Zeng Zhiwei said that when he was young, everyone often ate and drank together, but now, he respects Jackie Chan from the bottom of his heart.
"He's a very busy person, but he does environmental protection, does public welfare, uses his few rest days to go around the world, pass on love, pass on peace." He promotes Hong Kong movies, he promotes Chinese kung fu, and he is a well-deserved big brother in my mind. Zeng Zhiwei said.
"Whatever they do wrong, it's all my fault"
There were 76 disciples of the eighth generation of the Chengjia class, and 71 came. The first generation of members standing on the stage had gray hair, while the youngest disciple was only 20 years old.
Five of the disciples were unable to come to the scene because they had left their brothers forever. At the event site, the artist recorded their images in the form of sand paintings, and even recorded their names.
In the face of this situation, Jackie Chan has five tastes and miscellaneous tastes. He said that as a stand-in for martial arts, they make a living by playing with their lives, and before, they never wanted their families to know the hardships of their work, afraid that they would worry, "Today many family members also came to the scene, saw the documentary, and understood the danger and dedication of our work." In fact, I am very proud, because after 40 years, our martial arts are still so dedicated. ”
Then Jackie Chan mentioned that in fact, someone had asked him if he felt that the current disciples were not as dedicated as in the past. "But I would like to say that the disciple of the Chengjia class is as dedicated as ever, otherwise he will not be able to enter the Chengjia class." The first rule of the class is character, kung fu can not be practiced, but before learning kung fu, you must first be a person. ”
"I'm proud of my brothers in the family class, we've had ups and downs, and even had a brief end, no matter what they do wrong, it's all my fault, who makes me the leader!" 」 Jackie Chan said.
Jackie Chan also revealed that the China StuntMan Association, which he has been preparing for and advocating for 20 years, is about to be established, and he also has a dream that he can establish the World StuntMan Alliance in China. "I am ready to donate 1 million as a family insurance fund, in the past our generation of stunt people are desperate, and now that technology has developed, I hope they will protect themselves as the premise." I hope that the disciples of the chengjia class can make their own contributions to the film industry. ”
In fact, on the eve of the release of "Kung Fu Yoga" at the beginning of this year, Jackie Chan was attending the "Ace to Ace" variety show.
The program group specially invited the brothers of the chengjia class to send a surprise to Jackie Chan, which is also the first reunion of the chengjia class on the same stage in 40 years, and the unsuspecting Jackie Chan could not help but lose control of tears, and half a day choked up a sentence of "I haven't seen my brothers for a long time", so that Zeng Zhiwei on the side could not help but cry. Looking at these relatives who have not been seen for a long time, Jackie Chan sighed and said, "The family class has reached the 8th generation today, and for 40 years, we have been born and died together, thank you for being with me for so many years." In the future, even if there is no me one day, I hope that the family class will continue and shine for our Chinese martial arts movies. ”
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