Ci Shen - Chinese Tattoos The art of tattooing has been known in China for thousands of years. Tattooing in China is called Ci Shen (Or Wen Shen), a term that means literally “puncture the body.” ...

“I want people to know that traditional Chinese landscapes ... Chen is one of many tattoo artists in China turning traditional watercolour paintings known as shuimohua into skin art.

But while many countries enforce similar rules banning young people from getting inked, Chinese ... 18 to get tattoos, is just the latest move in an expanding crackdown on body art in China.

I always draw since I was a kid ... So you have a tattoo that's your tattoo, not a tattoo that hundred other people have. - I knew I wanted like a Chinese inspired piece because my background ...

Their body art is fresh, innovative, poignant, cute, beautiful, and above all, cool. (No more badly-done 愛 tattoos, please.) Gabrielle Widjaja, a graphic designer and illustrator of Chinese and ...

Steven Chilton Architects recently completed a new theater in Guangzhou, China, that draws inspiration from tattoo art. This is not represented in the mundane "Steve loves Lucy forever" type of ...

The result is some truly odd body art. Let's have a look ... And if you are thinking of a Chinese or Japanese language tattoo and don't know either lingo, might I suggest English?

The result is an apt introduction encapsulating one of the exhibition’s main themes, the creative manner in which Chinese ink painters grappled with the influence of the West — and such art ...

Tattooing also has a long standing tradition among the Li people of Hainan Island. Most commonly tattooing among the Li people, like those of the Du Long, are practiced among the women. Men have ...