Hua Mulan
Hua Mulan ( Chinese 花 木蘭 / 花 木兰 , Pinyin Huā Mùlán ) is the heroine of an old Chinese folk poem (so-called Yuefu ), which was probably written between 420 and 589 AD and was only recorded in writing a few centuries later.
The protagonist, a girl from a good family named Mulan, is said to have lived in the 5th century AD and disguised herself as a man to go to war in place of her father. The earliest sources of the Mulan ballad suggest that she probably lived during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). In another version of the legend, however, Mulan is described as the concubine of Emperor Yang , who ruled from 604–617.
Mulan means magnolia .
media
In 1998 Disney released a cartoon titled Mulan , which is based on the ballad. However, the story is set later than the original and is reproduced with some narrative freedom. As a result of the filming, the Disney Group repeatedly published picture books on the legend , in different sizes, formats and by different artists . The label Disky (Netherlands) produced a radio play version in 1999 in various languages, including German, on a CD. In 2004, the video and DVD sequel Mulan 2 followed .
In 2009, a real-life Chinese film was produced with Mulan - Legend of a Warrior .
In 2016 it became known that Disney was producing a real-life version based on the ballad. Liu Yifei embodies the title role of the production, which will be released in 2020 .
Web links
- The Ballad of Mu-lan (Chinese version by Mi Fei)
- The Ballad of Mu-lan ( Memento of October 16, 2007 on the Internet Archive ) (English translation); in the Internet Archive