At the age of 12, he went to the Shaolin Temple, where he stayed for 10 years.
[citation needed] He began to act in movies in 1997, and was cast in 2004 in the movie Kung Fu Hustle, directed by Stephen Chow.
He got his first leading role in the film The Wrath Of Vajra.
[citation needed] He lives in Shenzhen, Guangdong (near Hong Kong), but he is still attached to Shaolin Temple.
[citation needed] He ran a Shaolin school in Shenzhen from 2000 to 2007.