How Much Does A Chinese Tattoo Artist Earn in China

Unconsciously, tattoos have become a culture, and some will have some text on the body, and some will have some patterns on the body. But no matter what, tattoos have a special meaning for someone.

In China, the history of tattoos can be traced back to the pre-Qin period, when tattoos were a kind of punishment, people would engrave words on the forehead of prisoners to warn others. So from ancient times, people have had a negative impact on tattoos. In modern times, people also have a bad influence on it. In some gangs in Hong Kong, members usually have a blue dragon tattooed on their left arm and a white tiger tattooed on their right arm. Therefore, people often use the words "left green dragon, right white tiger" to describe gangdom.

With the popularization of tattoo culture, people began to accept it slowly as a manifestation of courage. There is a tattoo master in China. His name is Zhou Xiaodong, he founded the Beijing Mummy Tattoo Studio, a China tattoo supply company.  There is a high reputation in the world. Although it is very expensive to invite him to have a tattoo, there are still many people who invite him to have a tattoo, and 70% of these people are foreigners.

Zhou Xiaodong first saw tattoos in Japan. At that time, he was amazed by Zhang Shun's tattoos in Water Margin. At that time, he decided to start tattoos. But at first no one liked his tattoo, and even some guests deliberately said that the tattoo was not good, and then did not give money. During this period, Zhou Xiaodong once thought about giving up but was unwilling to give in, so he decided to go out and look at it and learn something from other countries.

When he arrived in Nepal, different cultures and patterns of different countries had a great influence on him. He was deeply inspired and decided to go out of his style. When he returned to China, he shut himself up in the Mogao Grottoes to sketch, looked at the mottled murals, his inspiration burst out, and there was a vague illusion that he saw the ancients describing paintings. For more than 20 years, he spent his time in his studio creating or traveling.

He often imagined himself as a lion sitting high and roaring at the sky. Because he liked the ancient lions in China, he spent two years creating the "Lion Painting" scroll, which became one of his masterpieces. His tattoos were also collected by the Museum of Contemporary History in New York. When he was young, he made a bold statement to let everyone in the world come to him for a tattoo, but now he has slowed down his pace, making only one tattoo a year.

The cost of getting a tattoo is 3,000 yuan an hour, and about 300,000 yuan for a back tattoo. The cost can be said to be quite expensive, but he said: I am expensive for a reason, there are many foreign tattoo masters, but I have something they can not do, that is, the soul.

In his opinion, tattoos are sacred. He likes to communicate with people and help them find themselves from the depths of their souls. This is a very meaningful thing. Tattoos are beautiful, mysterious and sexy symbols, representing a person's hope and sustenance, so more and more people like the beauty of pain, what is your view on china tattoos?

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