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.

“2015 ‘Fight for Territory in Ancient Central China’ Chinese Tattoo Art Fair.” Modern tattoo culture, along with Western culture in general and the English language, is coming alive in ...

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 ...

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 ...

David Beckham has shown off one of his famous tattoos while appearing in China. The British footballer was photographed lifting up his shirt to reveal his body art, which is written in Chinese ...

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 ...