Showing posts with label anhui. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anhui. Show all posts
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Jackie's Visit to Anhui.
Jackie sent this message to Wang Ping Jiu to publish on Weibo. Wang Ping Jiu is a song-writer / musician who works extensively with Jackie.
SOURCE: WEIBO.COM/WANGPINGJIU
The past two days I have been to Wuhu (in Anhui). In 59 years I have never seen my brothers. Wow, I had only just arrived and there were already 50 people there. Originally my clan name was 'Fang', with this name, so many people. There was constantly some one calling me 'ye ye' (colloquial 'grandpa') or 'tai ye' (formal 'grandfather'). My seniority in the clan jumped a few levels. Today I saw the family home and the Fang Ancestral Hall. Every one gathered together for tea and I listened to every one talk about the past. I constantly had to endure the tears in my eyes, until they overflowed. Happy to share this with you.
成龙大哥发来的短信: 我這兩天到了安徽蕪湖，見到我59年來從未見過的兄弟。嘩！還有沒到的已經是快五十人了！原來我房氏家族這麼多人。不斷有人叫我＂爺爺＂＂太爺爺＂，我的輩分N級跳。今天又去看了祖地、祖屋和房氏祠堂。跟大家茶聚聽他們說從前，我一直忍著眼淚，最後還是流下淚了！幸福与你分享！
SOURCE: WEIBO.COM/WANGPINGJIU
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Jackie's Family History
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the family history I suggest you find a copy of 'Traces of a Dragon' - the documentary Jackie made of his famiy history. There is also a fairly comprehensive background on Wikipedia HERE.
I suggest you read both articles at the links before reading this because I'm not going to repeat all the information available there.
To fill in the gaps:
Jackie's father always kept his past secret from Jackie only revealing it to him after his mother died in 2001. As a result of those revelations Jackie had "Traces of a Dragon" made to document the family history. After reuniting with his sons Charles made several trips to China to visit with family, on one occasion attending a wedding, but continued to keep that part of his life separate from Jackie telling both sides not to contact the other. Another thing that Charles did was pay for the Fang Ancestral Hall to be restored. In traditional Chinese culture the Ancestral Hall was the family record room, where births, deaths, marriages etc were recorded in the family book and the ancestral tablets were stored. Jackie's birth was recorded in the family book and his given name as 'Fang Si Long'. Jackie makes mention of this in the revised edition of his autobiography "I am Jackie Chan: My Life In Action" Jackie has never officially changed his name to "Fang" although Jaycee did in 2005. (Jaycee is a nickname - his full name is Fang Zu Ming.)
When Charles died in 2008 there was some media attention on the fact that his sons did not attend his funeral, however the truth is that they were invited but were unable to travel and Jackie sent staff to Anhui to hold a memorial service with them. They then lost contact with Jackie because the only telephone number they had (presumably for Charles) was disconnected. Several attempts were made by various press and television programs to bring about a re-union between the brothers, but wisely Jackie didn't choose to involve the press in family business. So it was that it was only this past weekend that Jackie was able to travel to the family home in Anhui, pay his respects at the Ancestral Hall and visit with the family. The few local media representatives who were there were asked to remain in a house away from the family and the family were asked not to say anything to the press. A very few photos of Jackie's arrival taken by locals who knew the family were released on Weibo.
Despite this a few family members did answer some questions about the visit. Shisheng said that he was happy that Jackie had come to meet the family. He also said that the dog, who barks at every one who visits, clearly recognised Jackie as a family member because it did not bark when he came to the house. An unidentified niece said that Jackie was very nice, and very humble, spoke good Mandarin, looked at the soup she was cooking, looked at the chickens and visited the Ancestral Hall.
Some other facts that have been revealed by this visit are that both brothers married and had several children who have married and have children of their own. All still live in Anhui.
SOURCE: SINA and WEIBO
I suggest you read both articles at the links before reading this because I'm not going to repeat all the information available there.
To fill in the gaps:
Jackie's father always kept his past secret from Jackie only revealing it to him after his mother died in 2001. As a result of those revelations Jackie had "Traces of a Dragon" made to document the family history. After reuniting with his sons Charles made several trips to China to visit with family, on one occasion attending a wedding, but continued to keep that part of his life separate from Jackie telling both sides not to contact the other. Another thing that Charles did was pay for the Fang Ancestral Hall to be restored. In traditional Chinese culture the Ancestral Hall was the family record room, where births, deaths, marriages etc were recorded in the family book and the ancestral tablets were stored. Jackie's birth was recorded in the family book and his given name as 'Fang Si Long'. Jackie makes mention of this in the revised edition of his autobiography "I am Jackie Chan: My Life In Action" Jackie has never officially changed his name to "Fang" although Jaycee did in 2005. (Jaycee is a nickname - his full name is Fang Zu Ming.)
When Charles died in 2008 there was some media attention on the fact that his sons did not attend his funeral, however the truth is that they were invited but were unable to travel and Jackie sent staff to Anhui to hold a memorial service with them. They then lost contact with Jackie because the only telephone number they had (presumably for Charles) was disconnected. Several attempts were made by various press and television programs to bring about a re-union between the brothers, but wisely Jackie didn't choose to involve the press in family business. So it was that it was only this past weekend that Jackie was able to travel to the family home in Anhui, pay his respects at the Ancestral Hall and visit with the family. The few local media representatives who were there were asked to remain in a house away from the family and the family were asked not to say anything to the press. A very few photos of Jackie's arrival taken by locals who knew the family were released on Weibo.
Despite this a few family members did answer some questions about the visit. Shisheng said that he was happy that Jackie had come to meet the family. He also said that the dog, who barks at every one who visits, clearly recognised Jackie as a family member because it did not bark when he came to the house. An unidentified niece said that Jackie was very nice, and very humble, spoke good Mandarin, looked at the soup she was cooking, looked at the chickens and visited the Ancestral Hall.
Some other facts that have been revealed by this visit are that both brothers married and had several children who have married and have children of their own. All still live in Anhui.
SOURCE: SINA and WEIBO
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Jackie paid a low key private visit to his ancestral home in Anhui today to visit family.
SOURCE: BAIDU FORUMS and WEIBO
Jackie Visits Family Home
Jackie paid a low key private visit to his ancestral home in Anhui today to visit family.
SOURCE: BAIDU FORUMS and WEIBO
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Jackie Chan Donates Remaining Houses to Beijing
Last night it was confirmed that Jackie has agreed to donate his remaining houses to Daxing District in Beijing. Yuan Nong, thanked the other cities who had offered space for the houses on Jackie's behalf saying - "Thank you very much to Huangshan Municipal Government and the Anhui Daily Newspaper for their interest and concern for Big Brother and these Huizhou old houses. You must help us to convey to the our thanks to Huangshan City for their kind invitation." An Huangshan Municipal Government officer, said that there was some regret, but more of a blessing in the news. "Where-ever Jackie Chan donates his houses they will be preserved and we offer our talent and technical support in preserving them."
Jackie has also appeared on a television show 1+1 to explain the whole story and his decision process with regard his antique houses.
SOURCE: XINHUANET.COM
Jackie has also appeared on a television show 1+1 to explain the whole story and his decision process with regard his antique houses.
SOURCE: XINHUANET.COM
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