Tattoo in the Chinese HistoryTattoo is called "Wen Shen" or "Ci Shen" in Chinese. The term means literally "puncture the body".
Tattoo has been known and practised in China for many years. Many years ago, when a court finds a person guilty of a severe crime, it may order a tattoo be placed on his face, and bannishes him to a far-way place for a number of years. The tattoo on the face permantly marks the person as a criminal. The two-prone punishment is called "ci pei" (tattoo/exile).
