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Sep 4, 2020 · Mulan is based on a tale that’s been adapted over more than a thousand years, and that has contested origins to begin with. Here, we lay out the film’s complex origins, how the story has ...
- Suyin Haynes
Apr 3, 2020 · The new production is a remake of Disney’s 1998 animated feature film Mulan and carries on the central theme of honouring one’s family and staying true to oneself. Adapting a beloved Chinese legend, the 1998 film highlights Mulan’s struggle to show who she is inside in a coming-of-age story. In the end, she overcomes various challenges ...
- Elinor Evans
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Sep 8, 2020 · Hua Mulan's story is told in the Ballad of Mulan, a story set in the North and South dynasties, which was between 420 and 589 CE. While it's possible the gutsy girl could be real, it's largely ...
- Jo-Anne Rowney
Sep 7, 2020 · Mulan (“magnolia”) is a legendary character in Chinese literature who is best known in the modern day from the Disney filmed adaptations (1998, 2020). Her story, however, about a young girl who takes her father's place in the army to help save her country, is hundreds of years old. The tale most likely originated in the Northern Wei Period ...
- Joshua J. Mark
Sep 3, 2020 · Mulan, in 1998 and now, is based on an ancient Chinese legend. Not a fairy tale. Her story was commonly known across Asia long before Disney’s animated feature, and it’s that story (as much as ...
May 29, 2020 · Hua Mulan is one of the most legendary women of ancient China. Her heroic actions were first recorded in ancient texts, retold in the famous poem Ballad of Mulan, and later popularized in the 1998 Walt Disney film Mulan. Today, her story continues to be told in schools across China. In Chinese “Huā” means “flower” and “Mùlán ...
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Mulan as depicted in the album Gathering Gems of Beauty (畫麗珠萃秀) (Qing dynasty; ca 18th century). Hua Mulan (Chinese : 花木蘭) is a legendary Chinese folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century CE) of Chinese history. Scholars generally consider Mulan to be a fictional character.
