In which dynasty were ancient tattoos most popular, with even foreigners coming here?

Song Dynasty. In today's society, tattoos represent society or trends, but in ancient times, they mostly represented punishment, and only soldiers or criminals had tattoos. Tattoos are produced in the land of Baiyue. Yue people usually cut their hair and get tattoos, unlike Song people who like to tie their hair. In the Central Plains, people believed that tattoos were for criminals. Later, as long as they served as soldiers, they had to have words carved on their faces or arms to prevent them from escaping. Until the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a punishment method of tattooing characters on criminals' faces and then being sent to the army. Lin Chong was like this.

Those with tattoos are criminals. This value was gradually respected in the Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, there were many types of people with tattoos, including unemployed beggars, sons of officials, royal family members, etc. Regardless of their status, there were people with tattoos. In the Song Dynasty, people with tattoos were not allowed to take the imperial examinations. Some people got angry and got tattoos because they kept failing the exams, and vowed never to enter the imperial examination room again.

In the Song Dynasty, there were not only many tattoo enthusiasts, but also tattoo societies. During every major festival, this society would carry out various cultural activities, just like today's commercial performances. Many businessmen in the Song Dynasty would invite them to perform in order to market their stores. It is precisely because there are so many people who love tattoos that the tattoo industry in the Song Dynasty developed.

In the Song Dynasty, most people with tattoos were soldiers. Tattoo artists in the military are very professional, but civilian tattoo artists have a lot of tricks. At that time, tattoos were not only very popular in the Song Dynasty, but many Indian tourists even came to the Song Dynasty specifically to get tattoos, which shows how popular tattoos were at that time. In fact, tattoos are just a personal preference. We don’t need to think that people with tattoos are bad people.