It’s a terrible humiliation of a woman
In feudal society, in order to protect their power, the ruling class chose to apply harsh punishments to manage the populace. Since the reign of Emperor Xuanyuan, the Great War, Xiuu had a five-horse body. In the Qin Dynasty, there was a punishment of “five chariots and corpses”, using horse-drawn carriages to punish criminals.
In the early Qing period, the Great Consort A Ba Hoi of Nur Hacich was also forced to be buried by the Four Great Bei Lac (including Hoang Thai Chi). At the same time, the tomb shape of the Qing Dynasty is more familiar to posterity. But many people don’t know, Ung Chinh is the one who abolished the custom of burial. Any kind of torture brings physical pain to the sufferer.
But in the Tang Dynasty, there was a type of punishment that did not harm the body, but focused on destroying the spirit, or more precisely, losing all face of the person who suffered the crime. That is “wearing pictures” (wearing: means black ink color).
Wearing a picture is not a punishment for using force against an inmate, but rather carving and tattooing on the face or forehead of the prisoner a flower or words such as bandit, slave, slave, etc. Because at that time the village chiefs. applying the civil status monitoring system, there are not many people moving from one place to another. A person who has committed a crime and has a tattoo on his face is considered a bad reputation everywhere.
The ancients believed that the body belonged to the parents, once there was an ink stain on the face, it also meant that the body was damaged, dying in the golden stream would lose the face, unable to face the ancestors.
This punishment for men in the Tang Dynasty can still be considered not too severe. They may choose to join the army to avoid criticism from family and neighbours. But if a woman is punished, she will not know where to hide and will be vilified for the rest of her life.
Although Tang society was quite advanced compared to that time, it was still unacceptable for women to have strange marks on their faces. This is also a consequence of the ideology of respect for men and contempt for women.
Most of the women of the Tang Dynasty, who were disguised, chose to commit suicide to end their lives, and a few still had to hide in the brothel.
However, there is an exception, Thuong Quan Uyen Nhi was punished to tattoo an apricot flower on her forehead for daring to offend Vo Tac Thien. The plum blossom tattoo was not bad at all, but extremely seductive and was later imitated by other women, becoming one of the popular makeup styles in the Tang Dynasty.
Today’s society is much more developed and advanced, tattooing has become an art that is well received by many people.
Many girls choose personal tattoos or special meanings to make a mark for themselves. Although there are still many negative opinions about tattooing on the body, these are just a few. More importantly, tattoos are no longer the symbol of sinners as they were in the old days.
(Source: Sohu)
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