Popular Chinese Zodiac Tattoo

Chinese Zodiac tattoo designs have gained popularity in the past few years for the young people and the older people as well. You can find a Chinese tattoo that will express your very own individuality. The Chinese people have been around for over 500 years and are very proud people. These people often are referred to as “the little people” and the Chinese population in the world is upwards of 100 billion. Possibly you may know some living in your own town.

The Chinese language has been known to be very complex and almost impossible to translate but some “Chinese tattoo translation” web sites will tell you they can do just that. Most of them are mistaken and downloading Chinese designs for your tattoo from the Internet can be a bad idea.

Here are five of the top Chinese tattoo designs that are requested the most and their accurate translations for these traditional Chinese tattoos:

1. The first most popular Chinese Zodiac tattoo is the Dragon. Even though it is the most popular design throughout the world and often is misused. If someone chooses a Chinese dragon that has the symbol as well as a picture the Chinese person will think that it is very silly like an illustration in a children’s book. Not only do they feel that it is silly, they feel it is very unlucky to tattoo a dragon on your body but the symbol is very lucky. Many of the Chinese sorcerers have been known to wear this symbol helping them to bridge the gap between the supernatural and the natural. According to Chinese culture, the dragon is a great benevolent creature that helps mankind. This would explain that many people who wear the dragon tattoo symbol receive many gifts like luck, love, wealth, health, success, well-being, protection from evil spirits and sexual stamina.

2. The second most popular Chinese Zodiac tattoo is Love. It really is not an easy word to define as it can be used in many different contexts. There can be sexual love, a family love, romantic love and many, many others. It seems to be a very treasured symbol that you can find in the Chinese language. This symbol can be very lucky for one that wants to get love into their lives. It is a perfect way for lovers to bind their lives together as the belief is that if they wear it together they will never find themselves drifting apart.

3. The third most popular Chinese Zodiac tattoo is Strength. This is believed to be the oldest known Chinese symbol and they have examples that date back all the way to the Bhiangaghong dynasty. This symbol marked the Emperor’s royal bodyguards and also the Emperor as they originally meant courage or power. Today the person that displays this tattoo symbol will be blessed with health, physical potency, vitality and well being as it is thought to bring great fortune.

4. The fourth most popular Chinese Zodiac tattoo is Family. This symbol is very versatile as it can be used in many contexts such as sister, brother, child, parent or grandson or granddaughter. It represents honor and not only for the person who dons the tattoo but also for the family member that it was intended to refer to. The Chinese people feel that if someone in the family receives this tattoo that they will be eternally connected and will receive many surprises in this life and all of the lives that are to come.

5. The fifth most popular Chinese Zodiac tattoo is Zodiac. If you go onto the Internet there are many web sites that will claim that there are 12 Chinese zodiac symbols. This is a problem in the translation. There is really only one character for zodiac and can be modified by the birth month for the person that wears it so that it will reflect the actual zodiac sign you are born under. This symbol can be considered extremely lucky for the person who displays it. There are many stories of people have great luck after receiving this tattoo.

Hopefully this will shed some light on the meanings behind the Chinese tattoos that you could be looking at to receive.