Mulan - The Girl Who Didn't Have to Change to Become a Hero - Chinese History - Extra Mythology

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  @mattisvov · 5 years ago

  &quot;You&apos;re a girl!?&quot;<br>&quot;I never said I wasn&apos;t.&quot;<br>&quot;True that.&quot;

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• MA

  @markushaahr9194 · 5 years ago

  Mulan: I wish to join… even though you’d never except a woma…<br>Recruiters: All right you’re in<br>Mulan: Bruhh

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• ME

  @MeneerSoepgroente · 5 years ago

  The whole hair cutting thing was always a bit jarring. At the time that the story takes place, neither men nor women would cut their hair. So having long hair wouldn&apos;t make her stand out anyhow.

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• KI

  @kira8675309 · 5 years ago

  Fun fact: Mulan has the highest kill count of any Disney character.

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• PO

  @pointly · 5 years ago

  &quot;The greatest gift and honor, is having you for a daughter.&quot;

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• TH

  @TheMetamorphoses2003 · 5 years ago

  Already 4 minutes in, and this is already more culturally accurate than the new live-action movie. Xiran would certainly be proud of this video.

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• DL

  @Dlauj96 · 5 years ago

  When Extra History’s extra mythology is better than Disney’s live action mulan

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• JO

  @joshuawells835 · 5 years ago

  &quot;The greatest gift and honor is having you for a daughter.&quot; - Fa Zhou, one of Disney&apos;s greatest fathers.

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• AS

  @Aspiringamoeba1997 · 5 years ago

  Fun facts: originally, Mulan might have been originally nomadic in origin. &nbsp;Apparently she’s Xianbei in origin as a story. &nbsp;Makes sense, since A) nomadic warriors would be more likely to be female, B) the fact she’s a cavalry soldier, and C) Northern China at the time was a mixed society following the invasion of the barbarians over the centuries (Eight Princes, Five Barbarians). &nbsp;<br><br>Also fun fact: Disney especially skipped over this, but China was very much not a single country at the time (Northern and Southern dynasties)

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• MI

  @mihaicipriandragos5459 · 5 years ago

  &quot;House of the mouse&quot;the perfect introduction to disney

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• DE

  @deryckchan · 5 years ago

  I grew up in Hong Kong and we recited the entire epic in childhood - its rhythmic punch is why the story got passed on for over a millennium. It&apos;s nice to see EC translate and animate the folklore original!

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• JU

  @justafloatingcoconut1368 · 5 years ago

  and just to add some fun details from the original, when the father was about the be recruited in the beginning of the tale, they did not say &quot;the king&quot; or &quot;the emperor&quot; were levying armies, in fact, the poem said &quot;the khan&quot;. Northern China was a mixture of nomadic peoples and central Chinese population so Disney&apos;s idea of the conflicts being &nbsp;&quot;Chinese civilization&quot; versus &quot;nomadic barbarians&quot; have always been frustrating to me

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