mother Ling Baoer; Sister Zhou Wenji; Sister Zhou Xingxia

In the 195s and 196s, Hong Kong ushered in two waves of mainland immigrants, and 72 tenants appeared in this period. Stephen Chow, born in Hongkong on June 22nd, 1962, is a descendant of this group of immigrants. According to a story in a newspaper in Hong Kong, Stephen Chow's mother, Ling Baoer, went to Hong Kong to make a living from Guangdong after her father was sent to prison in 1957.

At that time, Hong Kong's manufacturing industry was developing rapidly, but it was not easy for new immigrants to find jobs. It was not easy to get a guarantee and a job guarantee first. After coming to Hong Kong, Ling Baoer soon married an immigrant from Shanghai because she had no money to study. They lived in a poor area in Kowloon, gave birth to two daughters and one son, and lived a poor life. A family of five crowded into a narrow wooden house, slept in a bunk bed, and made rice with soy sauce as a world delicacy.

However, Stephen Chow's parents always have different personalities, and they often quarrel and even fight. Ling Baoer, a man of temperament, finally divorced her husband, and the custody of her children also went to Ling Bao Er.

This son is Stephen Chow, the second child in the family. He was seven years old when his parents divorced. There is an elder sister, Zhou Wenji, and a younger sister, Zhou Xingxia. In Stephen Chow's memory, although he grew up in a single-parent family, there was no childhood shadow, but it was quite wonderful.

"I was so happy when I was growing up, and there were many programs. I went to the park to practice martial arts every day, but I didn'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, and even fighting is very interesting. Perhaps 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 would hear her singing with the tape recorder, and she would sing at three meals a day. Her favorite song is Mao Zedong's song "Recent Flowers". Singing became a part of my mother's daily life, which also affected Stephen Chow. "Up to now, I like Mao Zedong's poems very much, which was made by my grandmother singing" Recent Flowers "three times a day in the morning, at noon and at night. I haven't read all Mao Zedong's poems, but I think he is a great poet! "

Ling Baoer also loves acting. "When I was a child, my grandmother attended church drama parties every day, and our brothers and sisters were often forced by her to act as spectators. Although I still don't know what play she arranged until now, I can't help laughing every time I see her acting seriously on the stage. Even so, she inspired me a lot. "

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 about acting in front of people.

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

In order to make a living, Ling Baoer remarried, and this marriage broke down after giving birth to a daughter. Regarding Stephen Chow's father, he has never disclosed any information publicly in the media, except that Stephen Chow accidentally mentioned one or two words after he became famous: "I used to see my father less, but I have had more contact recently. I think my father is also very humorous!" This has become one of the few words that Stephen Chow can find to talk about his father.

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

During this period, the first Mandarin film made by Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong was also released (1971), which set off a kung fu craze in Hong Kong. These things are very important to Stephen Chow, who is 9 years old. Because comics and Bruce Lee, two things that later influenced Stephen Chow's life and creation, both reached a peak at this time.

"My mother took me to the cinema for the first time that year, when Bruce Lee's" Big Brother in Tangshan "had just started showing. At that time, my family was poor and had no spare money except to make a living. My mother took me and my sister to a theater near our home, where business was very 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. At a certain moment, I was so excited that I burst into tears. Bruce Lee was amazing. He occupied the whole screen. Not only is his martial arts superb, but also his passionate spirit. Basically, at that time, I dreamed that I could play kung fu. "

"Bruce Lee has become everything to me, and I have 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 boxing the most since he was a child, and also played iron sand palm, all of which he learned blindly by watching movies. Later, it was funny to recall that experience when he was a child. Later, Stephen Chow also practiced Muay Thai, but he didn't go to school to learn it. "I'm just an amateur of Kung Fu." Stephen Chow also likes Bruce Lee's own Jeet Kune Do. He practices kung fu hard every day, and even fights with other children.

In the eyes of Stephen Chow's mother, Ling Baoer, at that time, Stephen Chow was stupefied at home and didn't say a word. "Star Boy is very ignorant of the world, very pure and kind-hearted, and sometimes he is at a loss; He doesn't like to talk to people, so there are some things I don't know. "