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Seven Little Fortunes
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The Seven Little Fortunes (七小福) were a group of top students of the Peking Opera School found in 1960s in Hong Kong. They travelled and showed their acrobatic and acting skills to the western audiences. They were also sent to work by the school for movie studios as extras in the 1970's.
Some famous members of the Seven Little Fortunes include kung fu actors Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Corey Yuen and Yuen Wah. Whilst attending the opera school under the tutelage of the Sifu Yu Jim Yuen, the students all adopted their Sifu's given name Yuen in their stage names. The full list of members with their performance name is given below along with their birth dates:
- Yuen Lung (元龍) / Yuen Chu, a.k.a. Sammo Hung, (1952- )
- Yuen Lou (元樓) / Yuen Lo, a.k.a. Jackie Chan, (1954- )
- Yuen Biao (元彪), (1957- )
- Yuen Kwei (元奎) , a.k.a. Corey Yuen, (1951- )
- Yuen Wah (元華), (1950- )
- Yuen Tak (元德), (1956- )
- Yuen Wu (元武), (19??- )
- Yuen Qiu (元秋), (1950- )
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