Cultural Difference: Ancient China in Western Film Mulan (1998)
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210609.078How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Film, Mulan, Chinese ancient culture, Western Culture, Disney princess
- Abstract
Mulan’s story is originally a Chinese ancient poetry The Ballad of Mulan.From ancient times to the present, this poetry has been adapted into countless traditional opera, television series, plays and films in China. The showing of Disney cartoon film Mulan in 1998 brought this Chinese old story to countless audiences all around the world and it also meant that Mulan became one of Disney princesses. Although the whole film told a Chinese story, it actually still showed huge differences between the film and genuine Chinese ancient culture. First, in the film, there are several Chinese elements misunderstood. Different traditions in western countries and China can also make the film do not look like a real Chinese film. Moreover, it is also a Disney film, which is a little special among films. Actually, the film does not aim at telling a genuine Chinese story, but it is a western Disney princess film with a Chinese heroine.
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TY - CONF AU - Qifan Jia PY - 2021 DA - 2021/06/10 TI - Cultural Difference: Ancient China in Western Film Mulan (1998) BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 391 EP - 394 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210609.078 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210609.078 ID - Jia2021 ER -