Flora Mulan is one of the four great heroines of ancient Chinese legend, a legendary heroine of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in China, and her story is also a tragic heroic epic. Hua Mulan first appeared in a narrative poem of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Mulan Rhetoric, which was composed around the Northern Wei Dynasty of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and initially included in Chen's Ancient and Modern Records of Music of the Southern Dynasties. The monk Zhi Shi (智匠) stated in the Records of Ancient and Modern Music, "Mulan is unknown." More than 300 words long, it was later embellished by Sui and Tang literati.? [ The battle of Northern Wei to break Zoran in 429 A.D. The official history of the battle has three marching accounts that fit the names of the places mentioned in Mulan's Rhetoric. The Book of Wei - Shizu Ji (世祖纪上): "The carriage drove east to Montenegro". The Book of Wei - The Ninety-first Biography of Liezhuan (《魏书-列传第九十一》)："Car drove out of the east road and crossed the Yanran Mountains to the north of Montenegro ......". The Northern History - Lie Zhuan 86: "The car driving out of the East Road, to the Black Mountain ...... north of the Yan Ran Mountain". It is important to know that Yanran Mountain is often shortened to Yanshan Mountain by ancient poems .
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the northern nomads, the Zoran tribe, were constantly harassing each other from the south, and the regime of the Northern Wei stipulated that one man from each family should be sent to the front line. But Mulan's father was too old and sickly to go to the battlefield, and her younger brother was still young, so Mulan decided to take her father's place in the army, and from then on, she began a decade-long military life.
Going to the border to fight is grueling for many men, and Mulan had to hide her identity as well as kill the enemy with her buddies, which made it even tougher than the average person who joined the army.
Happily Hua Mulan eventually accomplished her mission and triumphed decades later. The emperor pardoned her for the crime of deceiving the king because of her great contribution, and also considered her capable of serving in the imperial court with an official position. However, Hua Mulan refused due to the fact that she had an elderly father to take care of, and asked the emperor to allow her to return to her hometown to make amends and honor her parents.
For thousands of years, Hua Mulan has been a woman respected by the Chinese for her courage and simplicity, and in 1998, Disney adapted the story of Hua Mulan into an animated film, which has been welcomed around the world.
The Poem of Mulan was included in secondary school textbooks and has been recited by millions of people for generations. Mulan's deeds and image have been brought to the stage and performed for a long time. Her spirit has inspired thousands of Chinese sons and daughters to defend their country in a singable way.
Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province, has been named the "Hometown of Mulan" by the China Folk Literature and Artists Association. In order to commemorate Hua Mulan, there are Mulan Middle School, Mulan Railway Station, Mulan Hotel, Mulan Resort, Mulan Industry Group, Mulan Militia Company, Mulan Giant Statue and so on in Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. Shangqiu City has also set up Hua Mulan Martial Arts Association, Hua Mulan Pan Drum Team and Hua Mulan Dragon Dance Team. Every year, on the eighth day of April, Mulan's birthday, people come to offer sacrifices, and the temple fair is grand with a sea of people.
On the morning of October 26, 2009, the newly completed Mulan Cultural Square in Yucheng County was filled with gongs and drums and colorful flags. The much-anticipated China - Shangqiu Fifth International Mulan Culture Festival was held here. Mulan culture has a long history, Mulan story is a household name. The "Mulan Legend of Yucheng County" was included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage of Henan Province in March 2007, and in June 2008, the State Council recognized the national intangible cultural heritage. In order to better carry forward the spirit of Mulan and national culture, Shangqiu City has been organizing a series of Mulan Cultural Festival since 2000, which has been successfully held for five times.
Now, the name of Hua Mulan, the heroine, is not only a household name in China, but also has spread all over the world due to the great influence of the cartoon "Hua Mulan," which was produced by Disney at great expense.
The U.S. news media praised the poem: "Ancient Shenzhou Hua Mulan, on behalf of the father from the army fame; today there is a cartoon 'foreign Mulan', the melting through the West, the four seas Yang." With the Shangqiu Yucheng County, "China's Mulan Township" reputation continues to spread far and wide, Mulan brand has been y rooted in people's hearts, the heroine Hua Mulan left to future generations in addition to spiritual wealth, but also really let the smart hometown people borrow the name of the ancients, singing the new era of Mulan brand theater.
In recent years, with the enhancement of people's brand awareness and by Henan Linzhou cleverly playing the "Red Flag Canal" card, Shandong Tai'an cleverly playing the "Taishan" card of the success of the experience of the inspiration, Shangqiu Yucheng people gradually realized that the "Hua Mulan", the family name of Mulan, has become the most popular brand. Hua Mulan" the popularity and influence of this legendary household name, if used as a tourism product brand will be a huge intangible assets.
The county has repeatedly hired nationally renowned experts, scholars on how to use Mulan to do articles for academic seminars, allocated special funds for the registration of Mulan trademarks, through the People's Daily, CCTV and other news media to vigorously publicize the Yucheng is the hometown of Hua Mulan, publicize the Yucheng Hua Mulan products and the Mulan culture, to achieve the publicity of the Hua Mulan drive the publicity of the Yucheng, Yucheng products to promote the purpose, greatly enhancing the Yucheng in the Haikou area, and the Yucheng city. Yucheng's popularity at home and abroad has been greatly improved.