Traditional Tattoo Patterns and Symbols What are the Traditional Tattoo Patterns?

1. The word "囍" (囍) is pronounced as "double happiness" and is sometimes written as "double joy". Originally, the word "禧" means blessing or god of joy, which is quite different from the word "happy", but when written in a clumsy way, the words "双禧" and "双禧" have the same meaning. Happiness, Joy and Bliss are widely used by the folk as a kind of decorative pattern. The pattern composed of words is commonly known as the "character flower".

2, shooting eye dragon pattern, is a kind of dragon pattern unique to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Before the Jintian Uprising, Hong Xiuquan borrowed the mouth of God and Jesus, the dragon than the eastern door "devil", "monster", "East China Sea old snake". After the dragon robe he wore, the dragon's eye "shot closed", called "shot eye". That is, in the painting of the dragon, the dragon's one eye ring enlarged, eyeballs shrink, the other eye proportion normal, two eyebrows with different colors. It was declared that any dragon pattern with an eye shot was a "precious golden dragon". After the third year of the Decalogue (1853), the rule of shooting the eyes was canceled. The "Heavenly Father's Decree" stated: "In the future, all the dragons engraved in the Heavenly Kingdom will be precious golden dragons, and there will be no need to shoot the eyes." Nanjing "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Memorial Hall" still has a embroidered "shooting eyes" dragon pattern of the Taiping army generals coat. Embroidered on the shooting eye dragon pattern: one eye open, one eye closed.

3, Ai tiger, made of Ai tiger. The old custom of the Dragon Boat Festival to wear ai tiger, that can ward off evil spirits in addition to filth. The Mountain Hall of肆考-宫集》Volume 11: "Dragon Boat Festival to Ai for the tiger shape, or cut color for the tiger, sticky Ai leaves to wear." Chen Wenliang "times of the year wide record" Volume 21: "Wang Yigong end five post cloud: 'hairpin head Ai tiger to avoid the group of evil, dawn driving auspicious clouds seven treasure car'."

4, live and work in peace and happiness, the traditional allegorical pattern. Live in peace and work in contentment, that is, a stable place to live and a fixed occupation. That is, to live in peace, happy in the industry. The Han Book of Food and Goods Liezhuan: "each safe and happy in their homes and careers". The decoration is composed of quails, chrysanthemums and fallen leaves of maple trees, "quail" and "peace", "chrysanthemum" and "residence", "Leaves" and "Leye" resonance, so that the meaning of peace in the home, happy in the industry.

5, dark Eight Immortals, the traditional allegorical pattern. To the eight immortals in the hands of the objects held (Han Zhongli fan, Lu Dongbin sword, Zhang Guolao fish drums, Cao Guoyu jade plate, Iron Li gourd, Han Xiangzi xiao, Blue Caihe flower basket, He Xianfu lotus) composed of decorations, commonly known as the "Dark Eight Immortals". It is the same with the "Eight Immortals" pattern symbolizes the wish to celebrate the meaning of longevity.