Jackie Chan’s original name was Chen Gangsheng. He only learned about these things from his previous generation later. Chen Zhiping later returned to his hometown in Anhui to rebuild the ancestral hall and genealogy, and regained his original name of Fang Daolong. Jackie Chan's name recorded in the genealogy was also Fang Shilong (official character generation).
The name Jackie Chan, literally means that it places a kind of hope. Indeed, when he became famous, when he went to Australia to visit his parents who settled there, he said to him affectionately: "Jackie Chan." , you really became Jackie Chan! "Jackie Chan is the stage name. It was decided after changing it again and again. Initially, Jackie Chan's father named him Chen Gangsheng. Chen Gangsheng didn't like reading when he was young. He only loved fighting when he was divorced. Unlike children from foreign families, he only studied for one year and could no longer study. His father had no choice but to send him to the Chinese Drama School in Kowloon Peninsula.
The principal, Yu Zhanyuan, was an old friend of his father's and later became Jackie Chan's adoptive father. He is good at martial arts and has extremely strict requirements for his students. He has 7 disciples who form the "Seven Little Fortunes" troupe. The names of the male disciples are: Sammo Hung, Yuan Biao, Yuan Kui, Yuan Wu, Yuan De, and the female disciples. Yuanhua. The name of their disciple was related to his name "Yu Zhanyuan". According to this naming rule, he changed Chen Gangsheng's name to "Yuanlong".
The principal, Yu Zhanyuan, was an old friend of his father's and later became Jackie Chan's adoptive father. He is good at martial arts and has extremely strict requirements for his students. He has 7 disciples who form the "Seven Little Fortunes" troupe. The names of the male disciples are: Sammo Hung, Yuan Biao, Yuan Kui, Yuan Wu, Yuan De, and the female disciples. Yuanhua. The name of their disciple was related to his name "Yu Zhanyuan". According to this naming rule, he changed Chen Gangsheng's name to "Yuanlong".
When Yuan Long was eight years old, he performed martial arts roles such as the Monkey King on stage. He showed outstanding martial arts talents since he was a child and was highly appreciated by theater fans. Yuan Long attended the Chinese Drama School for 10 years and was mentored by his adoptive father and Bruce Lee. Therefore, when he was a teenager, he made movies and acted in Peking Opera, and became famous in Hong Kong. In 1976, when he joined the famous Hong Kong director Luo Wei to make a movie, Luo Wei changed his name again. At that time, he thought his name was already very good and didn't understand why he had to change it. Director Luo told him: You are grateful to your master Yu Zhanyuan, and you admire martial arts superstar Bruce Lee. I hope you will surpass them on the screen in the future. He really became a dragon, so his name was simply Jackie Chan! "Jackie Chan understood Luo Wei's earnest expectations for him, and readily agreed. From then on, the new martial arts star "Jackie Chan" in the film industry was born!