Tattoo Symbols From Ancient China

By John Chan

The everlasting aesthetic appeal of Chinese tattoo symbols is the reason why their popularity continues to grow even today. The west has developed a new found fascination with Chinese tattoo symbols even though the many people are unaware of their meanings.

The exotic Chinese tattoos are so pleasant that people want them without being aware of what they mean. The western television media has popularized the Chinese tattoos to such an extent that the young people there get the tattoos done permanently on their body without bothering about their meaning.

You should take care before you get a Chinese symbol stamped on your body without realizing its meaning just for its aesthetic value. Anybody who has an understanding of Chinese tattoo meaning could easily understand what you have on your body which may be quite inappropriate. In such a case it could be embarrassing when people may stare and laugh at you.

The practice of body tattoo is an traditional art form in China though it is not considered to be respectable to get one done on you. Whereas Chinese tattoos have gained world wide popularity in recent times and presents an exciting and unorthodox art form.

There is no doubt about the fact that the collection of tattoo symbols consists of some of the most incredible and profound symbols that represent many different things. With regards to the practice of tattooing, it was considered to be barbaric back in the old days of China.

Why the Chinese regarded tattooing as an exception was the fact that these symbols were engraved on the bodies of the criminals in olden times who were treated as outcasts. Now of course the view has changed as Chinese tattooing has become so popular all over the world especially in the west.

Since the bulk of the people who have developed a craze for Chinese tattoo signs do not speak Chinese there is a great demand for translating names, ideas and concepts of another language into Chinese tattoo symbols. This is very much possible with the 4000 year history of Chinese symbols any thing you can visualize can be translated into Chinese tattoo symbols.

It is a proven fact that the Chinese symbols are extremely aesthetic in form and there are about 70,000 concepts which have been developed as symbols which include more than what you can think of. So anything that you need to use as a tattoo or otherwise can be converted into a Chinese symbol and presented in a similar beautiful form.

Some people misconceive conventional Chinese symbols to be the same as the script known as Kanji. The truth of the matter is that the Kanji although Chinese in origin was adopted and modified by the Japanese. Whereas the Chinese tattoo symbols that may even have a similar physical appearance can have drastically different meanings. - 31989

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