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Chinese body tattoos

 

Chinese body tattoos especially those of the Chinese alphabet and characters have gained popularity especially in Western countries over the past years. The characters used in the Chinese language are beautiful small art pieces. They are mysterious and exotic, which makes them appropriate as designs for body tattoos. This is the reason behind the existence of numerous tattoos done using Chinese symbols. There is a deeper meaning that is associated with Chinese body tattoos than the mere symbols of the tattoos alone. However, tattoos have a fairly negative implication in conventional Chinese culture. In actual fact, it was believed that the human body was a sacred gift given to a person by their parents and must not be changed in whichever permanent manner. This of course included tattooing.



Chinese Tattoo- Ci Shen

In spite of the negative implication of Chinese body tattoos, tattooing has always been in existence in China for a long time now. Ci Shen is a Chinese word that refers to tattoos and in literal manner it means puncturing of the body. The first Chinese body tattoos to be done were considered to be as a form of punishment - a kind of mark symbolizing disgrace. It was mainly marked on the faces of criminals before they were forced to go into exile a practice that was referred to as Ci Pei.

In present day China, tattoos are believed to be associated with the triads and the underworld somehow; even though, this attitude towards tattoos is changing slowly. Regardless of the doubtful attitudes towards the art of tattooing, the Chinese youth are embracing this kind of art.

Chinese Tribal Body Tattoos

The history of the Chinese body tattoo is not that interesting; however, there are a number of ethnic minorities from China that have a strong tattoo tradition. The Dai, Drung as well as the Li tribes are the most significant ones.

The Drung Tattoos

These kind of Chinese body tattoos were done on women to symbolize maturity as soon as the women reached 12 years of age. It was also a way of making them less attractive so as to avoid getting raped since they resembled moustaches.

The Dai Tattoos

They were done to symbolize sexual maturity in men and women and the black dragon body art tattoos and the tiger tattoos were among the most stylish tattoos. These body art tattoos were also used by these tribesmen as talismans that kept away monsters.

The Li Tattoos

In this community, this kind of Chinese body tattoo and other tattoos were done as a rite of passage that women had to go through before they were ready for marriage. However, men also got tattoos as a medicinal practice as it was the tradition traceable back into time to three thousand years ago.

The Chinese Symbol Body Tattoos

The Chinese symbol body art tattoos have increased in popularity among the people from western countries. The symbols and art of the conventional Chinese culture make suitable symbols for tattoos. This is due to the fact that its graceful lines blend themselves with the tattoo art perfectly.

Ensure that the translation of the symbol you need for a body tattoo design is acquired from a dependable and trust worthy source. This ensures that the tattoo symbol selected has the same meaning as the one that you are thinking of. You can use the services of a professional translating service. Ensure that the artist selected is capable of reproducing the symbols correctly.

Hanzi and Kanji

Chinese Writing of the Lower Back

The conventional Chinese characters that were formally employed in printed language of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Chinese and Macau communities are referred to as Hanzi. There are numerous characters of Hanzi language approximated at around 47,000 but most of them are practically unusable. Out of all these characters, one needs to comprehend only 4000 of them to be fully literate. Many Chinese vocabularies are printed in multiple characters with each character representing a syllable.

The word Kanji denotes the Han characters in Japanese language. They are Chinese characters utilized in the system of Japanese writing. Kanji are basic conventional Chinese characters; however, a number of them contain diverse simplifications in comparison to simplified Chinese. 50,000 characters of the Kanji are in existence and are used as body art tattoos in China.

Chinese Dragon Body Tattoos

The Chinese dragon tattoos are among the most popular Chinese body tattoos similarly to Chinese characters body tattoos. The dragon in the Chinese culture is an image of a long creature that resembles a snake that normally has five claws and no wings. In opposition to the western culture and beliefs, the Chinese culture and beliefs take the dragon to be a creature that is benevolent that keeps away evil spirits. It signifies fertility, good luck as well as immortality. There is a common belief in the Chinese culture that having the dragon image as a tattoo is unlucky but wearing a symbol that symbolizes a dragon is deemed to be lucky. At times, people wear the dragon tattoo with the character denoting the dragon incorporated into it as well.

Chinese Tiger Body Tattoo

Tiger body art tattoos are among the most fashionable Chinese body tattoos. The tiger is among the animals that are used to represent a zodiac personality in the Chinese culture. It is the third animal in the 12 year Chinese zodiac cycle. The following are some of the characters that people who have been conceived in the year of the tiger should exhibit:

• Audacious
• Independent
• Friendly
• Confident
• Ineffective
• Careless and lacks attention

Chinese Phoenix Body Tattoos

The phoenix also referred to as firebird is a mythological Chinese creature. The phoenix is also referred to as the Fenghuang and it represented the Empress according to the Chinese. The Chinese phoenix body tattoos signify:

• Grace as well as high virtue.
• The unification between Yin and Yang.
• The combination between Phoenix tattoos and a dragon represents the unification between a wife and a husband (yang and yin respectively).

The Yin Yang Tattoo

The art of the Yin Yang body tattoo is fashionable in Western countries and the reasons for this are visibly clear. This body art tattoo symbol is plain yet dramatic plus it is easily incorporated or combined with other tattoo designs. The generally accepted tattoo combinations for the yin yang are:

• Yin yang plus phoenix or dragon tattoos
• Yin Yang plus dolphin tattoos
• Yin Yang koi tattoos

The symbol of the Yin Yang is also referred to as the Tajitu in the Chinese language since it is a symbol for the Taoist. The meaning associated with the Yin Yang symbol is that the Yang and Yin are two distinctive elements found in the universe, which forms a unification (this means that it is a tattoo that symbolizes the unification of opposites).

• The Yin: black part, passive, female, water, night and earth.
• The Yang: white part, active, male, fire, day and air.

Yin plus yang simply exist with respect to one another, all things have two aspects. This meaning is symbolized through the placement of black dots in the part which is white as well as the placement of a white dot in the black part of a Tajitu. At present, the eastern spirituality has solicited a lot of interest in lots of people. In addition, Yin Yang is a symbol that means harmony and balance. This body art tattoo symbol of yin yang may be done in roughly any size and there is a tattoo removal tool if there is need to change or get rid of it. Miniature tattoos of Yin Yang design in the size similar to a quarter or smaller is incredibly tasteful and yet makes a statement that is strong.

 

 

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