Foreign Designs Appeal to Chinese Youth
Whenever I see someone with a tattoo in Mandarin characters I think it looks cool…and I secretly hope that whatever the person THINKS it says, is really what it says. Many stars like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie have them, as well as numerous U.S. basketball players, and I can understand why. The foreign characters look exotic and mysterious. So I was very interested to learn that the trend for foreign tattoos also exists in China, according to an article I just read on Mcclatchydc.com. It seems the younger people in China like designs from Europe and America, while people over 30 prefer traditional oriental symbols like dragons and tigers. The article explains that education also influences body art choices, for example a person with a better education might choose a Western image. Although tattoos have been around in China for nearly a millennium, they are still seen as taboo under the strict Communist Party rule. However, an underground and unregulated tattoo culture is arising in “back alleys and in private apartments” of Beijing. And I was especially surprised to learn that 60 per cent of one parlor’s clients are women! It’s a cool article; click here to read it.
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