Preface
"Smoke only smoke Xuan Hemen" I believe many people have heard the phrase, in addition to Xuan Hemen, what other representative cigarettes, and how many old Chinese cigarettes have you smoked?
Do you think that there are a lot of cigarettes smoked now, enough to know about cigarettes? Every cigarette is a representative of an era, and not all the cigarettes circulating on the market nowadays are not all.
Some well-known brands have slowly withdrawn from the cigarette market, and the scattered flowers that I bought when I was a child can still be seen now?
At that time, taking a sip of a cigarette was the most relaxing thing of the day, and the nervous whistle made the nerves always in a high tension, dragging the tired body home, a cigarette can bring comfort.
When I was a child, I watched the smoke of adults when they smoked, and I liked to sit in the middle, wrapped in smoke, and imagine that I was Monkey King in the Heavenly Palace.
I have to say that the pleasure brought by smoking is really refreshing, but there are also some cigarettes that choke the nose and spicy throat, such as grandpa's cigarette pouch, learning the actions of others to smoke, and it is really uncomfortable to taste it secretly.
According to incomplete statistics, the number of smokers in the mainland will reach 350 million in 2021, which is second to none in the country.
Since the Qing Dynasty, there has been a habit of smoking tobacco, but at that time, tobacco harmed the country and the people, causing the whole country to go downhill.
At the end of the 19th century, Chinese cigarettes really shined in history, and in 1897 China's first cigarette was born in Shanghai.
Since then, the cigarette market has been out of control, and in 1905, the well-known cigarette brand Double Happiness successfully regained the Chinese market from outsiders.
At this time, smoking is not only exclusive to men, women have begun to smoke, and this behavior is regarded as fashionable, in the Republic of China, many women will hold a fine cigarette and smoke elegantly.
In the thirties and forties of the twentieth century, the cigarette industry was also affected by the society at that time, but it did not make it decline, on the contrary, some brands are still standing, and cigarettes such as Golden Dragon and Sanqi are very popular.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the cigarette market also ushered in a rectification, from free and casual gradually entered the right track, and the promulgation of the "Tobacco Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China" in 1991 kept the cigarette market stable.
Each cigarette has its significance, according to the region divided into Henan mango smoke, scattered flower smoke, Yu smoke and so on, as well as Xuchang cigarette produced by Xuchang Tobacco Factory, Zhengzhou production of Bishan cigarette, public smoke.
Take mango cigarettes as an example, at that time, there were two big mangoes printed on the cigarette box, and they were also inextricably linked with Chairman Mao, and the two mangoes presented to Chairman Mao by the president of the Congo at that time were transferred to the workers' propaganda team.
This news also made the Mango brand cigarettes, and Chairman Mao's quotations are also printed on the cigarette box, but this version of the mango cigarette is very precious, and few people can remember this cigarette until now.
Now the well-known gold leaf sold at that time mango cigarettes are expensive, mango cigarettes are more expensive than gold leaves, after the founding of New China, the tobacco industry has also launched many cigarettes with the characteristics of the times.
The most familiar is "Zhonghua", which was founded in 1951 and became the No. 1 brand in China with its unique taste and different meanings.
The bright Tiananmen Tower with Chinese red, the atmospheric and solemn design quickly won the love of consumers, and this cigarette has slowly become a status symbol and a leader in high-end cigarettes.
The fame of Phoenix Tobacco is not as big as that of China Tobacco now, but in the eighties of the last century, this cigarette is not inferior to China Tobacco at all, and it can be seen from its name that this cigarette was designed for a better development.
The word phoenix is taken from the legendary king of birds, and the grand scene of a hundred birds and phoenixes is also hoped that the country can be like this, and the pattern of the cigarette is also a golden phoenix, exuding an auspicious atmosphere from the inside out.
There are many other cigarettes such as "Pegasus", the symbol of the cigarette case is a horse with wings, and the "Glory" brand cigarettes for condolences to the army.
In 1951, when the volunteers crossed the Yalu River, the state-owned China Tobacco Company created a brand in order to support the volunteers, which also means "the glory of the volunteers".
These cigarettes, which some people may not have seen before, have an overall pattern of the Dove of Peace factory field as an element, and it was also a must-have cigarette when entertaining visitors at that time.
Shanghai Tobacco has always been moving forward with a heavy load, and the Chinese cigarettes that we are proud of were also born with extraordinary significance, in order to break the monopoly of British American Tobacco.
Shanghai Tobacco has repeatedly searched for adjustments, constantly changed and innovated, and finally gave birth to Zhonghua Cigarettes, which has adhered to the brand characteristics for more than 60 years, not cutting corners on raw materials, and insisting on classic inheritance.
Cigarettes from other places are also classics, such as the green leaf cigarettes produced by the Yuxi Cigarette Factory, which are so impressive that they even make a smooth passage.
It is said that smoking is harmful to health, there is such a cigarette, just listening to the name, you can't help but want to try, this is the "ginseng cigarette" produced by Changchun Cigarette Factory.
Can smoking prolong life? Is it true that a cigarette after a meal can beat the living immortals? Wouldn't it be very miraculous if so?
In fact, the main ingredients of this cigarette are made of red sun-dried tobacco and flue-cured tobacco, which are famous specialties of Yanbian North Korea, with ginseng and other ingredients in it.
Its taste is mellow and long, and the smell of smoke is also lingering for a long time, this one was exclusively produced by Changchun Tobacco Factory at that time, and the sales were in short supply.
There are also some more classic cigarettes, even if you haven't seen what it looks like, you know its name, which is Shanghai Peony brand cigarettes, Shanghai Daqianmen cigarettes and Hebei Lotus brand cigarettes.
Even if you don't eat a meal, you can't help but smoke a puff of cigarettes, these cigarettes are taken from the alias of Beijing City Gate, which were well-known "famous cigarettes" at that time, you can not smoke but you can't do without.
There is also Yunnan Yunyan, as the name suggests, is a cigarette taken from the local place name, meaning auspicious and good luck, and the cigarette box is also a golden auspicious cloud.
Economic brand cigarettes in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province were very popular at the time, because the cigarettes were cheap and could be sold in bulk, especially in line with its name.
If you want to say that cigarettes still have to look at Yunnan, as the saying goes: "cloud smoke incense world", there are many cigarette factories here in Yunnan, and the cigarette brands we are familiar with such as Hongtashan, Tuanjie, and Dazhongjiu are all from here.
Now, with the development of the times, those "old cigarettes" have slowly withdrawn from the stage of history, and the development of the times is getting better and better, and cigarettes have become a daily product that everyone can consume.
Like in the sixties and seventies of the last century, the thrifty cigarettes that could not be used for five cents a box have long been a thing of the past, but there are still people who miss the life at that time.
Although poor but fulfilling, smoking a cigarette with the taste of the times every day is a taste that today's cigarettes can't compare, I don't know what the characteristic cigarettes of your hometown are.
Is it Yunxi in Yunnan, or Hongta Mountain? Is it the Furong King in Hunan or the coconut king smoke in Hainan? Is it the golden leaf of Henan, or the Nanjing tobacco of Jiangsu?
What kind of old cigarettes have you smoked, and are the cigarettes you ordered in your leisure time now the same as the cigarettes you used to have? How many times have the cigarettes that used to cost a few cents have multiplied now, and the cigarettes that cost ten yuan are almost gone.
The beautiful packaging of tobacco is dazzling, but there is no amazing breakthrough in taste, although cigarettes can make people relax and relieve fatigue, it is still necessary to moderate it, after all, smoking is harmful to health.
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