The ink has gone all over….. from paper to body. Art work and tattoo making of the body has created craze and awe over the masses. This fascination of designing the body has taken many forms. Of them the most worshiped are Chinese tattoo designs.
While they come in many varieties but the user can opt for three categories: beginner, intermediate type and advanced or custom designs… The specialties of Chinese symbols are their complexity and beauty. There are at least 546 symbols in Chinese literature. People generally opt for yin and yan , Chinese dragons, power-honor-dignity symbols and the most common is the custom made designs.
Beginner category includes single letters which are generally name initials, zodiac in Chinese and single lettered inscriptions. They are called beginner type because they are composed in such a manner that they consume much less space thereby reducing tattooing time and pain to endure. Moreover they are single colored, normally black.
The second category is the intermediate type which includes Chinese words of wisdom. Chinese phrases about ancient sayings. Symbols of yin yan, etc belong to this category. The customer can choose between single color and multi colored ones.
The last category is the advanced or custom design which has multi colored elegance. It includes all the user hand made or custom designs. Chinese dragons, full name translations in Chinese, kanji script work, symbols of feng shui, yin yan, tortoise, wise toad are widely asked for. These symbols have beautiful handy work, owing to their mature designs and wise appeal. These symbols have been adopted by many celebrities all over the world including David Beckham and WWF fighter “The Rock”. Custom made designs also have tribal fusion artwork along with Chinese artworks. What the Americans love most is the tattoos of Chinese deities. It can be contributed to their spiritual significance as the Chinese generally pray forces of nature, each force having a unique symbol. The five elements symbols also has 
acquired great demand in tattoo lovers due to their wide usage in the recent Hollywood movie by M. Night Shyamalan called “ The Last Air Bender”. While the tattoos are elegant to see but a word caution to amateurs…if the symbols are wrongly printed in the minute sense then they can change their meanings. You can visit sites such as Chinese-tatto-designs.com which give authenticate tattoos to its users and the price is very cheap too.
So go on and explore a wide variety of tattoo designs and bring “The Chinese heritage on you”.
