In which dynasty was the ancient tattoo the most popular, even foreigners came?

Song dynasty. In today's society, tattoos represent society or trends, while in ancient times, tattoos mostly represented punishment, and only soldiers or criminals had tattoos. Tattoos are made in Baiyue, and Vietnamese people always get tattoos, unlike Song people who like to tie their hair. In the Central Plains, people think tattoos are for criminals. Later, as long as they were soldiers, they had to carve words on their faces or arms to prevent them from escaping. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that the punishment method of sending tattoos on criminals' faces to exile the army was introduced. Lin Chong is like this.

People with tattoos are criminals. This value was gradually respected in the Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, there were many kinds of tattooed people, such as unemployed beggars, official children, royal relatives and so on. Regardless of their status, there are people with tattoos. In the Song Dynasty, people with tattoos could not take the imperial examinations. Some people get tattooed in anger, because they always fail the exam and swear never to enter the imperial examination room again.

There were not only many tattoo lovers in Song Dynasty, but also tattoo societies. Every major festival, this club will carry out various cultural activities, just like Shang Yan now. Many merchants in Song Dynasty invited them to perform in order to promote their stores. It is precisely because there are many people who like tattoos that the tattoo industry in the Song Dynasty developed.

In the Song Dynasty, tattooed people were mostly soldiers. Military tattoo artists are very professional, while folk tattoo artists have many tricks. At that time, tattoos were not only very popular in the Song Dynasty, but even many Indian tourists came to get tattoos in the Song Dynasty, which shows the popularity of tattoos at that time. In fact, tattooing is a personal preference, and we don't need to think that tattooed people are bad people.