The Son Of Heaven Sits In The Splendid Hall

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In 1998, Disney recreated the Ancient Chinese story of Mulan. While many scenes were accurately portrayed from a historical perspective, there were also a number of inaccuracies. Some of the major points that were wrongly depicted in the movie was when Mulan visited the Emperor in his palace. As the ballad of Hua Mulan clearly states, “The Son of Heaven sits in the Splendid Hall.” In the movie, the Emperor sits in the Forbidden City, which was “Built from 1406 to 1420.” ("History of the Forbidden City", 2017). While this is the case, the time period in which Mulan was supposed to have lived, as well as when the Huns existed, was hundreds of years before that time meaning that building wouldn’t have been alive in that period of time. An accuracy

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