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What is the significance of tattooing a dragon

Dragon tattoo pattern is a lot of people like. The dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation, we are all the descendants of the dragon, successive generations of feudal emperors have also hailed themselves as dragons, that dragon tattoo pattern what exactly is the meaning of it?

Different dragon patterns have different meanings, the following list of some common:

1. dragon out of the water: meaning a person just out of the way.

2. Double-shouldered dragon: only for people in their forties and fifties on the road, two small dragons.

3. Anti-dragon: from the heart around the back, tattooed with the dragon's head, body and tail in turn, it looks as if the person is carried on his shoulders.

4. The Dragon Face: suitable for very bullish people tattoo, meaning that the person does not bow down to anyone, the dragon claws have 4 claws and 5 claws. 5 claws means the emperor's claws, 4 claws for the general's claws, and 4 claws for the ordinary people.

6. Green Dragon: Green Dragon attribute of Yang, suitable for Yang deficiency and yin flourish people tattoo. Green Dragon on the color is open wings, resistance is not afraid of any evil.

7. Evil Dragon: Yin, this thing is very evil, if you want to tattoo the evil dragon, before looking for people who know how to read the eight characters, if not tattooed on the words is to get into trouble.

8. Plank dragon: suitable for all ages, meaning that the person's life is hard, the general public can not move.