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You are here: Home / History / Was the Disney movie Mulan based on a real person or was Mulan a myth?

Was the Disney movie Mulan based on a real person or was Mulan a myth?

June 6, 2020 by Karen Hill

The story of Mulan is based on a poem written by a woman that dates as far back as at least 420 A.D., when the northern kingdoms of China were at constant war with the northern nomadic tribes.

The poem was written into a song about a thousand years ago.

It is this “Ballad of Mulan” that has been popular among Chinese girls for generations and has laid the groundwork for Disney’s plot for the movie.

However, there is no evidence that Mulan really existed.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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