Lin Dan is a soldier, why does he have a tattoo

Lin Dan should not be considered a soldier in the strict sense of the word, he was trained from childhood to the 8-1 team, the army trained him.

Lin Dan was specially recruited into the army in November 1995 as a cadet in the badminton team of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region, and then promoted to be a player in that badminton team, and then promoted to the civilian cadre level of 5 in 2008.In December 2011, Lin Dan was appointed as the deputy director of the Sports Training Center of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region, and was awarded the rank of professional and technical lieutenant colonel based on his civilian cadre level. But after the London Olympics, Lin Dan chose to retire from the army, and the Beijing badminton team accepted him. And Lin Dan should be tattooed after the transfer.

Chinese tattoo culture from the beginning of the ancient criminal law, called tattooing, ancient tattoos are mostly people who have the experience of adultery, over time, some people in order to show that they are "not to be messed with", but also tattooed themselves. So the traditional Chinese culture, often think that tattooed people are not good people. And in the eyes of the people, mention tattoos, will instinctively think of social youth, punks, hooligans and other groups. And Chinese soldiers as the people's sons and daughters of the soldiers certainly can not have tattoos.