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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.
Sep 7, 2020 · Xu Wei introduces the character's surname Hua (“flower”) to Mulan as well as her assumed name as a male, Hua Hu, details her transformation from a girl to a male warrior, and concludes with the marriage motif which was popular in his time.
- Joshua J. Mark
Nov 9, 2020 · Origin of the story. The commonly held view is that Mulan’s fictional story goes back to the 4 th or 5 th century AD – a period which coincided with the North Wei Dynasty (c. 380 AD – c. 557 AD). The story in fact began as a simple folk song in The Ballad of Mulan.
- The Ballad of Mulan. Mulan’s first known appearance, as well as the legend associated with her, came during the period of the Northern Dynasties, sometime between 380 and 580 CE in the Ballad of Mulan.
- There are historical facts contained within the ballad. Incidents are described in the ballad which took place in 429 CE, when Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei launched an expedition against the Rouran.
- The Mulan Temple. The ruins of a temple dedicated to Mulan near Hubei, China, are accompanied with a memorial stone. The date for the construction of the temple is unknown, but the inscription on the stone was likely added during the Yuan Dynasty in the 14 century.
- The Heroine Mulan Goes to War in Her Father’s Place. The original heroine in the Mulan legend was one of a nomadic people. As Han influence expanded in China, a process called “sinification”, she gradually took on more and more aspects of Han culture.
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.
- Natalia Klimczak
Ancient texts from the past 1,500 years reveal the real history behind the legend of Mulan and how it developed into what we have today. Two modern depictions of Mulan stand in opposition to the title page of the Qing dynasty novel Fierce and Filial .
Sep 4, 2020 · Origins of the legend. The original Mulan story is quite different from both Disney’s 1998 animated film and the new live-action movie. The earliest printed version of the story still in existence...
