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Heavenly tale

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Have you ever looked at the night sky and asked your mother about Chang O's life on the moon with her little white rabbit?

No? Well, you don't have to, because Hong Kong Children's Theatre is preparing to show just what the mythical character from the Chinese fairy tale might be doing today.

Inspired by China's first man in space, astronaut Yang Liwei , the theatre's artistic director, Justine Woo Po-sau, decided to write a musical - Princess Luna - which is this year's major summer production.

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While Yang is famous for circling the Earth for 21 hours last year, Chang O has been in the heavens - and the minds of Chinese people - for thousands of years.

Woo said although the story of Chang O flying to the moon with her little white rabbit might be familiar among the older generations, many of today's youngsters do not know about it.

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'Most Hong Kong people do

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