In the zodiac, dragon, as a symbol of good luck, attracts the attention of cigarette label designers, is loved by smokers, and is used most in cigarette labels. According to the statistics of cigarette label collectors, there are more than 70 kinds of cigarette labels with dragon characters such as "Longxiang", "Longbao" and "Longnv", and there are more than 200 kinds of cigarette labels with dragon patterns.
Besides the dragon, the horse is another animal sign that people like. Horses are good friends of human beings, and they are placed on cigarette labels, second only to dragons in number. Besides rats, dragons and horses, there are many animals in the zodiac, such as cows, tigers, rabbits, chickens and monkeys.
Use cattle, such as "five cows", "golden bull" and "rhinoceros"; Use tigers, such as "long white tiger", "tiger" and "Hu Jin"; Use rabbits, such as "Moon Rabbit" and "Double Exemption"; With sheep, such as "white sheep", "grabbing sheep" and "goat"; Use chickens, such as "big cock", "big chicken" and "golden pheasant"; Use monkeys, such as "Golden Monkey" and "Monkey King".
Pigs are regarded as "wild boar" of Laifeng cigarette factory, while dogs are regarded as "Leica" of Tianjin cigarette factory. However, there is no single brand in the zodiac snake label. Shandong Jinan Cigarette Factory just filled this gap. 1995, the factory introduced a set of 12 "Zodiac" cigarette labels, and put all the 12 Zodiac on the cigarette labels.
Shanghai Huacheng Tobacco Company, which is famous for producing beautiful brand cigarettes, was founded at the beginning of 1924, which coincided with the year of the rat in February of the 20th century. Therefore, the company chose the popular oral color in the folk proverb "Year of the Golden Rat" and created its first brand-the label of the Golden Rat cigarette.
When the world anti-fascist war won a historic victory in 1945, the newly established Shengli Tobacco Company quickly launched a new brand, namely Ji Shen, a cigarette label of Ji Shen, which was born in the Year of the Rooster. There are three cocks in the theme pattern. The two cocks on the main logo stand opposite each other, as if singing for world peace, and the big cock on the logo is gorgeous and full of vitality.
Others, such as the white snake cigarette label produced by Jiuhua Tobacco Company 194 1, and the cow cigarette label created by Xinglu Tobacco Company in the ugly year of the lunar calendar 1949, etc.
Now the market price of these cigarette labels is more than 1,000 yuan, or even several thousand yuan. Although the 122 zodiac set of Jinan Cigarette Factory was produced in the early 1980s, its market price has reached more than 200 yuan per set because it is the only zodiac set now.
In addition, some other mid-range Chinese zodiac cigarette labels, as well as cigarette labels with personalized characteristics, also have extraordinary market performance. Such as "Dragon Ball" of Beiyang Tobacco Company and "Golden Dragon", "Red Dragon", "Bai Jinlong" and "Huang Jinlong" of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company. The market price of these old cigarette labels is mostly between 50 yuan and 100 yuan, depending on their appearance, existence and rarity, some prices will be higher.