Is "Mulan" set? Why did his comrades-in-arms "don't know that Mulan is a girl" for twelve years?

Since being able to enter the cinema again,

new films and old films have been released

There are reports that the movie "Mulan" that

fans have been looking forward to will also be released in China in the near future.

"Mulan" movie poster

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z5 has attracted much attention. "Mulan" is starring Liu Yifei, Gong Li , Donnie Yen, Jet Li and others, and has attracted much attention since the filming started. The film began preparations for shooting in 2017, and spent 200 million US dollars in filming costs. It is the most expensive film among Disney's live-action films. Affected by the epidemic, files have been adjusted and removed many times.

Recently, Disney announced that "Mulan" would abandon its theater-line screening plans in North America and other parts of the world. It will directly launch its streaming media Disney+ on at a price of $29.99. Platform members can pay to watch them directly, while non-platform members need to pay an additional monthly subscription fee of at least US$6.99, which is equivalent to more than 200 yuan for ordinary viewers to watch movies (too expensive).

Disney officially announced on August 10 that "Mulan" was confirmed to be introduced in mainland China and will be released in theaters. The specific date has not yet been determined. is currently confirmed to be released in South Korea on September 17. I believe the domestic fixed date will be announced soon (look forward to it).

"Mulan" movie trailer

"Mulan" in the textbook

Hua Mulan is a heroine of ancient China, the editor's first memory of her is that she learned in Chinese class "Mulan" :

"Chirp" , Mulan is a household weaving. I don’t hear the sound of the machine, but the woman sighs...".

This is a folk song of the Northern Dynasties. It tells the story of Mulan disguised as a man, joining the army on behalf of her father, fighting on the battlefield, returning to the court triumphantly, winning meritorious service, resigning and returning home. The story of

can be said to be a household name. There are a few poems in "Mulan Ci" I don't know if you have any impressions,

"Going to the military for thousands of miles, the mountain will fly. Mulan's brave and heroic posture in military uniform and heroic spirit of leading soldiers in battle are vividly expressed in these poems. We seem to see General Hua who is galloping on the battlefield and fighting bravely!

"Mulan" movie trailer

restores the real "military uniform"

has been in the army for twelve years, and his comrades have not seen Mulan's daughter. The editor speculates that Mulan may still have a bold personality, much like a boy character; plus years of fighting The wind and sun have changed her face greatly; the most important thing is that she is dressed in a uniform and iron clothes. She is brave and heroic. She is brave and tougher than men.

If Mulan is really the look in the movie, and her comrades in arms can’t tell that she is a female, then it means that everyone in the military at that time generally had poor eyesight or poor intelligence (I’m going to take a look)...

While the clothing in China combines the background of the times, because of the artistic effect of the picture, the styles, details and collocation of the clothing are different from the historical facts.

So, what happened to the iron clothes in the "cold and light iron clothes" during the Northern Wei Dynasty? The editor of

will share with you:

, due to the development of iron smelting technology, a more complete steel armor appeared in the protective clothing of soldiers during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties than in the Qin and Han Dynasties. The military uniforms of the Northern Wei Dynasty typically include sleeve armor, crotch armor, and bright armor.

tube sleeve armor is generally made of fish-scale pattern armor or turtle back pattern armor, the front and back are connected, and the shoulder sleeves are attached; the head wears a mou, mostly decorated with long tassels on the top, and ear protectors on both sides. The shape of

crotch armor is similar to that of crotch shirt, but the material is mainly metal, and it is also made of animal skins. The most common form of armor in the Wei and Jin Dynasties is the crotch armor, which grows to the knees and the chest armor above the waist. Some are braided with small nail pieces, and some are made of a whole piece of large nail pieces. The front and back of the armor stand on two pieces, and the shoulders and sides are tied with belts. Circles on the chest and backProtect.

pottery painted warrior figurines Wei (picture from the Palace Museum)

Mingguang armor is a kind of armor with a metal round guard on the back of the chest. Leather belt at the waist and big mouth binding pants underneath. By the end of the Northern Dynasty, this type of armor was more widely used and gradually replaced the shape of the crotch armor. Because most of them are made of copper, iron and other metals, and polished to aurora, look like a mirror. Wearing such an armor on the battlefield is also called a "light armor" because the sun will emit a dazzling "bright light".

裲 crotch armor / Mingguang armor wearing display (picture from "China Clothing Civilization Story"