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Chinese Tattoos

Chinese tattoos along with Asian tattoos in general offer a wide variety of spectacular artwork consisting of an array of objects, creatures and symbols, including such things as the yin and yang, dragons, big cats and fish.

But perhaps the most sought after Chinese tattoos are the ancient symbols, which are also referred to as characters, signs and the Chinese alphabet. Believe it or not there are actually more than 100,000 Chinese symbols all together, and some of the most popular designs represent love, strength, happiness, fate and eternity.

Checkout this tattoo picture gallery and discover some ideas for a Chinese design.

Chinese tattoos are seen on all areas of the body, including the back, chest and ankle.

Chinese symbols are often small designs, however the Chinese inspired animal tattoos are commonly large works of art with many colors involved.

Other popular Chinese symbol tattoo meanings include, dream, integrity, creativity, determination and kindness.

Chinese Symbol Tattoos

Chinese symbol tattoos

Chinese Tattoo Artist Translates & Designs Your Chinese Tattoo And Getting An Awesome Chinese Symbol Tattoo That You Truly Deserve.

Chinese symbol tattoos

Chinese symbol tattoos

Chinese Symbol Tattoos

Chinese symbol tattoos

Chinese Tattoo Artist Translates & Designs Your Chinese Tattoo And Getting An Awesome Chinese Symbol Tattoo That You Truly Deserve.

Chinese symbol tattoos

Chinese symbol tattoos

Eagle Tattoo

American Eagle Tattoo to cover a poorly done and totally backward Eagle Globe and Anchor Tattoo. A type of tattoo I take a lot of pride in doing well. So beware on where and who tattoos you, not all tattoo mistakes can be easily covered up. I will have a before picture of the covered tattoo soon.

Eagle tattoos

Eagle tattoos

Full Back Tattoo Designs

A Chinese style tattoo. This is a figure of Chinese mythology, traditionally regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings.

This tattoo design is very cool. It got a wall sculpture inked on the back, which has dragons and taichi. This tattoo wins a gold award in a competition.

Full back tattoo designs is always impressive especially at the first glance. Starting from this post, there will be a series of full back tattoo designs.

Full Back Tattoos For Men

Another tattoo design on the back, it requires amazing skills to make a full back tattoo impressive but not crowded

The tattoo in last post is a wall sculpture, and this tattoo is a wall painting of Buddha
Full back tattoo

This tattoo design is very cool. It got a wall sculpture inked on the back, which has dragons and taichi. This tattoo wins a gold award in a competition.

Eagle Tattoos

So a guy walks into a tattoo shop... sounds like a start of a joke, but seriously which tattoo shop you walk into could mean all the difference in how your tattoo comes out. Here I used an American Eagle Tattoo to cover a poorly done and totally backward Eagle Globe and Anchor Tattoo. A type of tattoo I take a lot of pride in doing well. So beware on where and who tattoos you, not all tattoo mistakes can be easily covered up. I will have a before picture of the covered tattoo soon.

Eagle tattoos

Eagle tattoos

Japanese Back Tattoo Designs

Japanese tattoo is called irezumi or horimono in Japanese. In Japan, tattoo is usually considered to be a symbol of a yakuza (Japanese mafia) and tends to be perceived negatively by people. For example, many public bath facilities in Japan inhibit customers who have tattoos from entering. Traditional Japanese tattoo covers arms, shoulders, and the back. In recent years, it's becoming popular for Japanese young people to get contemporary tattoos. Tattoo events are often held in big cities, and there are many Japanese tattoo shops in Japan. It's good to contact them before

The history of Japanese tattoos goes way back - they have been around for many, many years. This doesn’t mean however that they are necessary the right ones for you. You see there’s a catch with these tattoos. They’re very big, often covering the entire back, they are awfully expensive and they come in their own flavors, inspired by the Japanese culture.

The sad fact is that you will not find a tattoo parlor in the yellow pages who can make such incredible artwork. This tattoo requires a Japanese artist, but anyway a trip to Japan might be worth the trouble.

There is another catch. This is not the sort of tattoo to show off to your friends. Japanese are way more subtle than this. They are supposed to be shown only to your girlfriend or boyfriend, or occasionally to the local Yakuza mob. Yep you are reading right, this is what subtlety is in Japan, I have heard that they are still working on it. Nobody gets it right in the first place you know? Also these tattoos will hurt… a lot, because they are still doing the whole damn thing manually, so for every dot of the tattoo expect a needle expertly inserted in your skin, that if you’re lucky of course and through the expert hand there isn’t some sake flowing.

Japanese tattoo

Japanese tattoo

Chinese Tattoo

The art of tattooing in China actually dates back much farther then its in the West. Until very late in the 20th century and mainly in the early 21st century, tattooing becomes fashion in the West. The art of tattooing has a long history in Asian including China, Japan, and even Thailand. What are ironic about these are Chinese tattoos were mostly used in many of the Asian cultures to mark criminals and other social deviants. However in Asia since tattooing was done in criminals and social deviants most designs were very large and often full body pieces especially in Japan. These often are very expensive designs and time consuming and also led many western tattoo enthusiasts to opt for Chinese tattoos.

Chinese Tattoo

chinese tattoo

Regardless of the Chinese tattoos have been widely adopted into the western tattoo lexicon, the mystique and foreignness of an Chinese tattoo and the beauty of Chinese and Japanese writing have really sparked a lot of interest among western tattoo enthusiasts. There are many beautiful Chinese designs well to tattooing. Recently there has been a huge rise in these fields of tattooing. With popular TV shows like Miami Heat in LA Inc. being broadcast on national TV, more and more people are getting tattoos. The particular fascination for many is Chinese tattoo symbols and designs. The beautiful script used in Chinese tattoos led itself well to creating mysterious and ancient looking tattoos. It is not easily discernible by the average Westerner. Therefore, when you consider getting a Chinese or Japanese tattoo, you are well advised to check their overall design especially the writing with a native speaker of the language. It is because here are many incidents where a person is purchased a flash tattoo at a tattoo shop thinking that it meant one thing later find out that that's a totally different.

Chinese Tattoo

chinese tattoo

There are a wide variety of beautiful Chinese tattoo designs throughout Asian cultures. The most common Chinese tattoos are often the representative of important values, such as a simple word that represents themes like love, strength, and power. For those who wish to embellish their tattoo with smaller themes designs they can easily accompany Chinese Japanese writing a script. Men will get Tiger, lion, or dragon to accompany the Chinese tattoo design. On the other hand, women will tend to opt for more delicate designs such as the cherry blossom, yin yang symbol, or a koi fish design. Another common tattoo among western tattoo enthusiasts is to seek a translation of something important in the Chinese. It is very common to get the names of their children translated into Chinese and the tech to them on their shoulders arms or back.

Cherry Blossom Tree Tattoo Designs

Cherry Blossom Tree Tattoo

Cherry blossom tattoo is one of the most favored designs specifically among women and its popularity is undoubtedly still increasing. These flowers are favorite subjects of paintings and poems in Japan and hold a very prominent position in Japanese culture.

Cherry Blossom Tree Tattoo