Oct 25, 2007

Chinese tattoo

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:47eQ0qHveeGoaM:http://www.theeverydaymom.com/storage/tatoo.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:HMNBLs-ohpEX1M:http://ethicscrisis.com/chinese_tattoo.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:OntNmf8LkggZ4M:http://media.npr.org/news/images/2006/jan/11/tattoo200b.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:AY8h5x1X_eLD3M:http://www3.sympatico.ca/nucooltattoo/chinese_let.jpg

I just came across an interesting blog namely Hanzi Smatter dedicated to the incorrect interpretation of Chinese tattoos in western society. In my own experience, I have witnessed many people having their Chinese tattoos and sometimes the meaning of their tattoos is confusing or not suitable to be printed on anybody's skin.

Also, I just know that the word 纹身 means tattoo in English. Here (chinese-tattoos-designs.com) is another "commercial" website providing service of designing Chinese tattoos with accurate meaning run by real Chinese.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well said.