Monday, August 25, 2008

Mulan

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Did you know that Disney's Mulan is based on a Chinese poem, "The Ballad of Mulan"? 

Here are some translations of this anonymous poem:

http://www.chinapage.com/mulan-e.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Mulan

http://www.yellowbridge.com/onlinelit/mulan.php

This page has more information about the poem itself, and you may also see the poem in Chinese.

http://home.pacific.net.hk/~shung/favorites/mulan.html


Here you may see a calligraphic (is that a word?) version of the poem:

http://www.chinapage.com/mulan.html

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