In fact, the interruption of tattoo culture in China should start with Zhu Yuanzhang, who is probably a more traditional and stubborn person. He has no sense of identity with his own culture, and has made it clear that tattoos are not allowed and offenders are skinned. When you say this, naturally no one dares to do anything again.

These people are so obedient to Zhu Yuanzhang because of Zhu Yuanzhang's iron-fisted attitude in dealing with problems. After he sets a ban, he will seriously implement it. For example, kicking cuju was very popular in ancient times. When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived, he thought it was impolite to play cuju in the army, so he banned it and made regulations. Anyone who disobeys orders will break his legs. Zhu Yuanzhang was not joking when this happened. He really carried it out like this.

So even people with tattoos at that time were probably those who were determined to be thieves.

In ancient China, it wasn't discrimination. Most tattooed people were not good people. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the management of the Tang Dynasty was somewhat lax, so a handful of tattooed boys were arrested on the streets, which led to a wave of agitation. This was not a good thing, and it was basically people who made trouble everywhere on the streets.

The appearance of tattoos, originally customized for those prisoners, as a way to punish criminals or enslave them, has inexplicably become a body art. In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, it was stipulated that anyone with tattoos should be killed by disorderly sticks and then dumped on the street, but the emperors of the Tang Dynasty were not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang. The ban they issued still failed to stop the growing popularity and development of tattoos.

In a word, no matter ancient or modern, tattoos give people a stereotyped impression. We often think that people with tattoos will automatically become bad people. However, it is no longer the time to find tattoos only on prisoners.