Ancient Chinese Tattoo

Tattooing has been a massive part of Chinese culture for thousands of years stemming all the way back to early , before Christ. The southern song dynasty (960-1279) was most popular for tattoos as monks in this time encouraged the use of different types of art. This went down to the emperor and accepted the way these people where living. This then was accepted into the great city's. unfortanaly good things come to a end and tattooing was banned. The only tattoos around after this dynasty was the mark of criminals so they can be identified. Which this also didn't help the ban as tattooing was still practised with monks but was passed down to criminals, this lead to tattoos going underground and causing gang symbols for criminals. Eventually the ban was lifted but its only been in recent years that tattooing has become more acceptable.   Of course tattooing came from a tribe, this type of tattooing was named after each tribe. For example Dia tattoos was one. But all of these had symbolic or a belief in each design.

Philippians tattoo

Throughout the years tattooing has been a big part of tribal culture. One of the biggest Tribal cultures to adopted the art of body modification are the Philippians.  It was tradition for men to get tattoos for there rank and for there accomplishment, men mostly had tattoos on there chest and on there heads to show the signs of being a worrier and of there strength. Women got tattoos from there chest back and arms and had very intricate designs. These were a mark of beauty and were worn proudly on there skins. Most tattoos had to be earned through a rite of passage and ceremonies or for accomplishing tasks. There styles depends on the regain that the tribe came from and the tribe itself.



History of Egyptian tattooing

Many recorded discovery's in ancient Egypt found that many tombs had Men and woman had the earliest recorded tattoos. But it is still scares in there history. Mostly woman were tattooed in Ancient Egypt this would show ether the statue in a city or for god and religious. This was done because of there beliefs in a god called bes. They copied the gods tattoos so they can be protected while going through a pregnancy. This isn't the only time this is happened many women got a tattoo so it would fight off illnesses. Men where buried in tombs with tattooed dolls so when they move on to the afterlife they may find a woman with prolonged fertility, But men didn't really get tattoos back then. Tattoos where done with soot and water mixed together so it would enter the body easier. This also helped with it lasting longer because soot has a high density so it would take longer for the white blood cells to attack. But they didn't just have black and blue for colours. Egyptians started to find ways to make colours and started to have beautifully coloured designs with reds, greens and yellows.