Fa Mulan, an adventurous and active young woman, hopes to bring honor to her family. She is sent to a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as a future wife. However, after multiple mishaps, the matchmaker deems Mulan a disgrace to the family.

Is Mulan Based on a Real Story? Mulan is based on an ancient Chinese folk story called the Ballad of Mulan (木兰辞 Mùlán Cí). The Chinese mùlán means 'magnolia flower'. It is a short folk story comprised of 392 Chinese characters that was created in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534).

The issue was that Mulan was partially filmed in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in close proximity to detention camps for Uighur Muslims, and Disney gave credit to “publicity department of CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomy Region Committee” among other entities.

Positive Role Models. Mulan is brave, compassionate, clever, resourceful. While pretending to be a man, she sometimes tries to fit in, but also stays true to her beliefs about what's important in a partner, what being a warrior means.

She uses courage and determination to win the day." Although Mulan is a member of the Disney Princess franchise, she is not a legitimate princess in the traditional sense, as she was neither born the daughter of a king or queen, nor does she become princess consort by marrying a prince.

Because her father is old and sick, Mulan fears that if he fulfills his military service, his life will be ended. Thus, she is determined to take his place. Being that her father had taught her martial arts ever since she was a young girl, she is confident that she will be able to perform well on the battlefield.

Disney has not issued a formal statement or apology on the matter, and has told creatives involved in “Mulan” to steer clear of the subject. In the Thursday tweet in which he publicized the letter, Conservative member of parliament Duncan Smith called Bailey's reply “very weak and full of platitudes.”

China blocked the release of Disney's animated “Mulan” for eight months in the late 1990s after the company backed Martin Scorsese's “Kundun,” a film seen as sympathetic to the Dalai Lama. The animated “Mulan” bombed in China as a result.

Under the idea that boys are preferred to daughters in ancient China, Mulan can join the army for her father and eventually become a heroine. Disney incorporated this idea of equality between men and women into the film, fully showing the equality of the people and strong national consciousness.

The 12 moral values analyzed were: honesty, courage, peace of ability, self-confidence and potential, self-discipline and moderation, fidelity and chastity, loyalty and dependability, respect, love and affection, unselfishness and sensitivity, kindliness and friendliness, justice and mercy.

She was not born royalty (Daughter of a commoner, Fa Zhou...) and doesn't marry royalty (It is assumed she marries Li Shang, a captain of the royal army...

Pocahontas became the first Native American Disney Princess and the first woman of color to be the lead character in a Disney film. As of 2014, she remains the only Disney Princess to be based on a historical figure.