So, out of the sheer love for her father, mulan disguises herself in his armor and takes his place in the army The story of fa mulan in the film mulan is based upon actual chinese legend. This movie isn't about some gal going off to war to prove herself, or break free from the caste system, like so many other disney heroines.
Mulan (“magnolia”) is a legendary character in chinese literature who is best known in the modern day from the disney filmed adaptations (1998, 2020) Watch trailers & learn more. 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.
After performing great military feats, she was honored by the emperor Her story is immortalized in the folk song ‘the ballad of mulan.’ Disney brings an ancient legend to life in this animated tale of a tomboy who disguises herself as a man so she can fight with the chinese army