[Explanation] Liu Xiaojie, 60 years old this year, is a retired teacher.
Starting in the 1990s, Liu Xiaojie began to collect various cigarette labels (commonly known as cigarette cases).
In the past 30 years, he has collected tens of thousands of cigarette labels.
On December 8, the reporter saw in Liu Xiaojie's home that the papers on these cigarettes had turned yellow and soft, and some were still intact, including various brands.
According to Liu Xiaojie, these cigarette labels come from all over the country, and the oldest cigarette labels are from the 1950s.
[Concurrent] Liu Xiaojie
Since the beginning of the 1990s (with) the market circulation has become more developed, the circulation of cigarettes in various places has become more and more extensive, and more and more cigarette labels have been seen. Later, it was discovered that our Chinese cigarette labels are similar to The cigarette labels of other countries are not the same, the content (on the cigarette labels) is very rich, so this (idea) of collecting cigarette labels has emerged.
[Explanation] Liu Xiaojie said that collecting cigarette labels has been integrated into his daily life. When he walks on the side of the road, he often stares at other people’s cigarette boxes and sees that someone throws them in the trash. He picked up the cigarette case from the trash can.
[Concurrent] Liu Xiaojie
One is my own (collection). When I go out, I see a good-looking (cigarette label) and buy it (take it down). Some rely on friends and the students I taught in the past. They often travel and bring them to me from other places. come back.
[Explanation] Liu Xiaojie said that as more and more cigarette labels are in his collection, he sorts them into categories such as cities, scenery, historical allusions, etc. on the labels.
Stick the cigarette label on one side of the A4 paper, and write the cigarette label pattern annotation on the other side.
In Liu Xiaojie's view, every cigarette label is a piece of history. By sorting out and digging the stories behind the cigarette labels, one can learn more about Chinese history and culture.
[Concurrent] Liu Xiaojie
For example, you can see some cigarette labels like Sanmenxia (smoke labels), which is the first reservoir dam in our country, like Yudai Bridge, like Qianmen (smoke labels), these show the architectural art of our country, you For example, such as Jiangxianghe and Thatched Cottage (smoke labels), these cigarette labels reflect some of our historical legends and idioms allusions, so the content contained in the cigarette labels reflects our Chinese nation’s longing for culture.
Chen Shiyu reports from Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Editor in charge: [Zhang Kaixin]