The China Drama Academy
The China Drama Academy (simplified Chinese: 中国戏剧学校; traditional Chinese: 中國戲劇學校; Mandarin Pinyin: zhōng guó xì jù xué xiào; Jyutping: zung1 gwok3 hei3 kek6 hok6 gaau3), sometimes noted as the China Drama and Opera Academy, is famous for being the childhood home of such famous actors as Jackie Chan (Yuen Lo), Sammo Hung (Yuen Lung), Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen (Yuen Kwai). The Peking Opera school was run from a small theatre in the Lai Chi Kok amusement park, Kowloon by Master Yu Jim Yuen (于占元), a northern (北拳) kung fu practitioner and a very stern teacher. Children were usually enrolled for a period of 10 years, whilst Yu taught them the acrobatic and acting skills that would later introduce many of them into the world of Chinese Theatre and movies.
Whilst attending the opera school under the tutelage of Yu Jim Yuen, the students all adopted their sifu's given name "Yuen" as their family name.
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