Collecting the gum wrappers

한국어 (Korean translation)

껌 포장지를 수집하는 수집가의 웹 페이지에 오신 것을 환영합니다. 이 웹 페이지를 우연히 방문하신 경우에는 즉시 떠나지 마십시오. 껌 포장지를 수집하는 제 취미는 재미있다고 생각하시면 좋겠습니다.
껌이 작은 포장지부터 자동판매기까지 다양하게 포장되고 있습니다. 사람들이 씹다버린 껌 포장지는 한 편으로는 쓰레기가 되지만 다른 한편으로는 수집가 관심의 대상이 됩니다. 저는 바로 껌 포장지를 수집하는 수집가입니다. 껌 포장지를 수집하는 수집가는 여러 가지 종류가 있습니다. 이 종류는 후단에 설명하는 바와 같습니다.
1. 껌이 없는 껌 포장지를 수집하는 분;(1)
2. 껌 포장지 안에 들어있는 그림을 수집하는 분;(2)
3. 껌이 있는 포장지를 수집하는 분;(3)
4. 껌과 관련된 것을 (판매기, 광고물 등) 수집하는 분.(4)

수집품이 많아질수록 수집품에 대한 많은 정보를 알게 됩니다. 수집품을 모을 때는 수집품을 생산한 나라와 회사, 생산한 년도로 분류할 필요가 있습니다. 수집품을 분류한 후에 어떤 종류를 선택해야 합니다. 저는 껌 포장지를 수집하다가 보니까(1) 좋아하는 껌 포장지 종류를 선택했습니다. 이 종류는 각형이 가지는 막대 모양의 껌 포장지입니다(5). 이 종류를 수집하면서 목록을 만들고 각 포장지에 자기의 번호를 부여합니다. 오늘은 (2015/07/05) 제 수집품 중에 막대 모양의 껌 포장지가 43.347 개 있습니다. 제 수집품에는 세계 각국의 나라 중 126개국에서 가져온 껌 포장지 88000개가 있습니다. 어렸을 때 우표, 성냥갑, 동전 등을 수집하다가 70년대에 껌 포장지를 수집하기 시작했는데, 이것을 계기로 껌 포장지 수집은 저의 취미가 되었습니다.
Collecting gum wrappers is not very common and not very popular around the world. However, with the proliferation of the Internet, you can meet and communicate with people from different countries. Now living in the Czech Republic, USA, Chile, Japan and Korea, friends who collect gum wrappers. The hobby of collecting gum wrappers was popular in the USSR in the 70's and 80's, but recently people living in the former Soviet republics don't collect gum wrappers very much. But now I am very happy that there are many younger collectors as well as older collectors like me. Speaking more about the Czech Republic, it is quite surprising that collecting gum wrappers has become so popular in the Czech Republic. The Prague Collectors' Club has a Gum Wrapper Collector's Club, which I became a member of. I met members of these clubs before the spread of the internet, and met again in 2011 while traveling around the Czech Republic (7-12). By the way, the largest collection of gum wrappers is in the Czech Republic.
After a trip to the Czech Republic, I became even more diligent in collecting and made another dream come true. This dream was to go to Japan. I went to Japan to meet old letter friends and to participate in a television program called “TV Asahi” for “Gum Day” (13-19), which is celebrated in Japan on 1st June. Besides, I started collecting Japanese gum wrappers. Even today, Japanese gum wrappers are the most numerous in my collection. Japan, Korea, and China also have a lot of chewing gum in the Far East, but the gum wrapper draws the attention of collectors because it features drawings of lotus flowers or computer games. I've been to Korea, but I haven't been to China yet, so I have a close goal of going to China. It's difficult to find the wrapping paper you need in China, which is so big, but you can buy chewing gum from China in other countries as well. For example, I once bought Chinese gum in Cambodia and my friend bought the same gum in Mongolia. However, gum is not produced in Mongolia. There are not many countries in the world that produce gum, but it is growing. Recently (20-21) started producing gum in Ethiopia and Nepal.
Speaking of chewing gum history, chewing gum is a product patented in the United States in the 19th century. I also have gum wrappers produced on February 14, 1871 (6). This wrapping paper is the oldest in my collection. There are also gum wrappers produced at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (22-23). However, most of the gum wrappers in my collection are not old and were made during the last 40 years. Unlike me, there are many collectors who only collect chewing gum packaging that was produced before 1940.
They exchange wrappers with others to find new chewing gum wrappers. On rare occasions, you may even be able to buy other collectors' collectibles. Some people even give away their collections as gifts. I collect coins, postage stamps, calling cards, packs of cigarettes, chocolate wrappers, etc. in exchange for a collector who collects stuffing outside gum wrappers. I think it's fun to see other collectibles, but sometimes I regret having to give them other collectibles to get new gum wrappers. Now I also have a collection of transport cards used in Samara, (24) I created a web page called “Samara Transport Cards”. We also have calling cards and chocolate wrappers, but the large collectibles make it inconvenient to create web pages. I'm short on time, so I'm running only a catalog of gum wrappers on the internet.
You can even find new chewing gum wrappers when you go abroad. In Russia, it is rare to find something new, but recently there are more and more companies producing chewing gum. Especially if you want to trade it with other collectors, you will need to buy a new gum wrapper. You can even take part in an auction on the Internet to buy new wrapping paper.
I live in Samara. My family is my wife, daughter, granddaughter and me. Working outside collecting gum wrappers.
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