Tattoos got a worse reputation because of criminals, who were exiled and tattooed on their faces to clearly show everyone their punishment. He went home to his mother to complain, who tattooed 精忠报国 (Jīngzhōng bàoguó) on his back: Serve the country faithfully. He was a general of the Southern Song army, and one of his marshalls betrayed him. There’s also the story of Yue Fei 岳飞 who lived around the same time. This story is set in around the year 1120. Of the 108 bandits, 3 of them have tattoos covering their entire body. One of the four classic novels, Water Margin (水浒传), mentions tattoos on the body of bandits on Mount Liang in Shandong. They’re more acceptable now than before, but still many parents do not approve of their kids getting a tattoo, plus on TV, often tattoos are censored, because it does not want to promote a tattoo culture.
In Chinese tattoos are called 纹身 wén shēn or 刺青 cì qīng. Which Chinese Hanzi character for a tattoo? Any do’s or don’t’s? Although tattoos are highly personal, here is some context and tips for picking Chinese characters for tattoos.
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