Legendary Chinese Dragon Tattoos

The Dragon is a very important symbol in the Chinese culture. It symbolizes power and mystery, a fantastic animal that lives in fairy tales. The western culture also has the dragon but often refers to it as a villain that is ready to destroy humans with his fiery breath and sharp claws. The fantastic symbol of the dragon represented good will and is widely celebrated in the Chinese culture.

Chinese dragon tattoos are classic choices and they are one of the more popular mythological creatures picked for inking. Oriental dragons are as powerful, wise, and free. Their legend covered in supremacy and choice. They come from the peak of sacred Chinese mountains and from underneath of the deepest seas. Chinese dragon comes from a variety of forms because of their popular desirability.

Oriental dragon tattoos can be tribal, Celtic, or of jade design. The dragon tattoo may be visible with sea wall, clouds, or fireballs. Dragon tattoos signify how we feel about ourselves - powerful, ferocious, and liberated.

Chinese are very fond of dragons as they are very important in their culture. Chinese people believe that they descended from the dragons and the mythical animals are their ancestors. Dragons can vary, so one can choose a tattoo that represents something that you are attracted to. For example, the HORNED dragon is the most powerful of all, while the YELLOW dragon is keeper of knowledge. There are types of dragon that control the earth, the sky, and the riches of the underground like the gemstones or the ocean.

One of the things that make a dragon tattoo so desirable is their color and bold designs. The two designs frequently seen are the western and the eastern dragon. Western dragon has a thick-scaled body, bat like wings and long neck. It is more for mythological history than for a deeper meaning. Nevertheless, they can have deeper meaning such as the Celtic "circle of life" representing the cyclic nature of life. It shows pride and nationality. Eastern dragon has serpentine body and has no wings; these dragons illustrate the elements of fire, wind earth, and water. This represents forces of nature that can be both beautiful and bad.

If you decide to go for a tattoo representing Chinese dragon, choose one that fits your personality. Black or highly colored tattooed in a small area of the body, or covering whole portion of the body does not affect the beauty of dragon tattoo. Chinese dragon tattoos symbolize power, dignity, magic, independence from normality. It is an expression of how we feel about ourselves, or how we would like to see ourselves- Strong and Free.