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Moon Festival photograph and caption provided by the Information Services for the Hong Kong Government in 1969

A photograph alongside a piece of printed text. The photograph shows a banner illustration of dancers in traditional costume dancing on the moon alongside four astronauts. One of the astronauts holds a box of moon cakes.
A photograph alongside a piece of printed text. The photograph shows a banner illustration of dancers in traditional costume dancing on the moon alongside four astronauts. One of the astronauts holds a box of moon cakes.

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Mooncakes for Apollo Astronauts
-Hong Kong brings moon festival up to date-

When the three Apollo 11 astronauts returned from their historic mission recently, they brought back with them more than just samples of the lunar soil.
What else did they bring back? Mooncakes of course….given to them by a goddess.
This delightful version of what happened when the first man landed on the moon is how many bakery shops in Hong Kong are depicting the event on huge picture signboards.
It is the first time that three strangers from the West have been linked to one of the most colourful and spectacular festivals in the colony— the moon festival.
The festival which lasts for three days, and three nights commemorates the flight of an Empress, (later deity) to the moon some 3,000 years ago.
PICTURED: The moon goddess Sheung Ngor and the Apollo astronauts pictured together in this Hong Kong version of what happened when the first man landed on the moon.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION SERVICES 1969

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