What Do Chinese Really Think About Tattoos? - Chinese Street Interview - Intermediate Chinese
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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Tattoos are super popular in the West? But what about in China? Eileen went to the streets of Ningbo to find out!
List of Questions Asked:
Q1 What’s your impression of people with tattoos?
Q2 Do tattoos look better on muscular or thinner guys?
Q3: Does having tattoos make it difficult to find a partner?
Q4: Will having tattoos interfere with getting a job?
Q5 Have you considered getting a tattoo?
Q6 Do you know anyone who has tattoos?
Q7: Do people with tattoos look sexy?
Music: Blue Skies by Silent Partner
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我非常喜欢这样路边的采访啊！
As a tattooed person, I found this super interesting. Thank you for the hard work as always, Eileen :)
Here you are again Eilieen . We have been missing you all this time . Thank you for your long awaited videos/ Keep up the good work !!
As a 老外 working in a Chinese company with all Chinese coworkers , having lots of tattoos has been an interesting experience. I can’t say for sure whether I’ve been misjudged or characterized by my colleagues, but I do notice their stares linger and stay fixed on the tattoos in meetings, conversations, etc. It was strange at first but I got used to it.
Sois los mejores, I love these interviews to learn not only the language but also 中国人的想法。
Thanks a lot, your videos are as always of highest quality, very interesting and very useful for intermediate learners.
The city and the people are so lovely, I would love to go for a afternoon or evening stroll among them right now!
*List of Questions Asked:*
*1* What’s your impression of people with tattoos?
*2* Do tattoos look better on muscular or thinner guys?
*3* Does having tattoos make it difficult to find a partner?
*4* Will having tattoos interfere with getting a job?
*5* Have you considered getting a tattoo?
*6* Do you know anyone who has tattoos?
*7* Do people with tattoos look sexy?
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Thanks Eileen!
Damn, I didn't know gangster/thugs direct english translation means "Society's big brother". Sounds so funny😂
It sounds so Ironic too, someone who might terrorize a neighborhood is called "Society's big brother"😭😭😭
Another great video, thank you! The older man in the mask was funny and the woman with the cup of kebab stick things was beautiful, but the guy she was with seemed more focused on his food than the interview haha
Fascinating. Thank you.
As someone Chinese American, I decided to get my first tattoo for my mom when she passed from cancer when I was 16. Later on, I decided to get more tattoos because I liked them. My family believes people with tattoos are criminals or bad people, so I had to hide them from them. I was even told that if I get tattoos I'd be disowned LOL.
It is strange though because my stepmom adores certain singers like Adele, or Lady Gaga who have a lot of tattoos. Also, one time when I was sitting on an airplane, this chinese guy was speaking mandarin and walking by me and said, "Wow this girl is scary looking." XD And I said, "How come I don't find myself scary," And he just was so shocked that I could speak mandarin, and he was like.."Oh...haha..good..good." and his wife had to apologize for him LOL. I think ultimately the stereotyping against people with tattoos is really unfortunate, no one likes having their morals or personality assumed because of the way they look. I hope that chinese society can bring more awareness and positive media representations in China.
You got stereotyped once for your tattoos that you chose to get.
How many Chinese in America got stereotyped over the years because of their looks and ethnicity that they didn't choose? Verbally and physically abused? I wish American society can stop attacking Chinese in America. It's been going on since th 19th century ffs
it will just take time. tattoos are losing their stigma across the world, and with technology these days, people will be getting temporary ones or removing them really easily
20:22 The guy was really funny with his flowers and his girlfriends xD
Hi laoshi are you from Nanchang I’m watching your videos since 5 months its really help me and I’m thankfull to you
an interesting topic, thank you for your effort always to make it Eileen
You have some good interview videos, Eileen.
Quite interesting!!! thank you very much for this interview:)))
ty for the video
i love your channel
I love Henan accent, the way they speed up, what a bubbly personality
As a Chinese myself growing up, all I saw in Chinese gangster movies especially the ones from Hong Kong, were gangsters with tattoos, most of them all had tattoos, so I think it is films, some interaction or real experiences from people, that have ingrained this stereotype view into society in general, and it's not just in China, around the world, it's the same stereotypical view around the world. Person with tattoo = bad person, gangster, must avoid, danger etc.
But, times have changed, more younger people are getting tattoos now, breaking this old age myth that people with tattoos are all bad people. I myself have a full sleeve tattoo, I too get cold steers, the usual snickering, just walking past complete strangers on the street all the time, so for me this is normal, doesn't matter where I go, which city, you'll always get this reaction, only people with tattoos will understand this reaction. As times have changed since 1990's, people also changed with the times.
When we all watched those old Chinese gangster movies, or see those pictures of all those Japanese Yakuza with tattoos,
I knew they were bad people, but when I saw someone like that in real life, they turned out to be the opposite, & not a gangster, but just a normal person. The reason why they got those type of tattoos is simply because they liked the artistic style of those tattoos, it's not because they used to be a gangster or anything, they were just a normal person who really liked tattoos, the artistic side of tattoos. I ended up becoming friends with this person, they're really down to earth, very likeable, they're funny to, just like any other normal person.
This video clip shows us that, being a man with tattoos, are more likely to be stopped by police all because we have tattoos, yet a woman with full sleeve tattoos, is less likely to be stopped by police, this is double standards in society, not every guy who has a tattoo is automatically a gangster, a hoodlum, a trouble maker, or is someone without a job.
Vice versa for women too.
I just think that people who judge others based on their tattoos, are really sad, but I don't blame them, I just blame media, films that wrongly depicting people with tattoos as always bad people.
The double standards are interesting here. If a man has them, he's a thug, gangster, mean, or intimidating. If she has them, she's cool, cute, it's a hobby, and she's creative. I've heard similar things in the states here but probably not to this extent.
Learning and leaving a like.
So if I travel to Shanghai should I cover my tattoos as a western woman? Definitely in the rural areas.
That eyebrow raise at 14:51, ha.
我自己没有纹身，也没想过要纹身！
我觉得天生自然是最完美的！
“身体发肤，受之父母，不敢毁伤”，谚语，意思是身上的一切都是父母给的，绝不能有丝毫的损伤，指爱护身体如同敬爱父母。 来源于《孝经·开宗明义》。 😁😁
我对纹身没有偏见，也觉得一些纹身好看，
但是我从我妻子（日本人）接受那个想法，
就是说身上的一切都是父母给的，不应该损伤。
谢谢你介绍那个谚语的来源。
米歇尔
按照你这个道理和说法，古代千年在宫里工作的公公那不都犯了这个说法了？比纹身还难处理的问题，对吧？“身体发肤受之父母”，那这些千年来一代又一代的公公们就不能敬爱自己的父母亲了？
@@puxavidasharmainand often, people with tattoo come from bad parenting...
What city did you conduct this interview in? Is this Hong Kong?
that's one angry chinese man at the end showing passion for women wearing bras
Immediately subscribed
from my cultural background,
1-I assoc tattoos w/rebelling against family traditions,country etc.
2-whilst i dont like submitting to rich oppressors but im not a fan of tattoos,i hope the ink doesnt cause any harm to the body,perhaps why not get temporary tattoos?
I even dislike how tattoos look on ppl. Just like the girl in vid said "why destroy yr clean body" vsorry but thats how i see it too.
No offense tattoed ppl.
thank you
Personally I love tattoos, they are like drawings/ paintings that are on your body instead of in a museum
I am curious, at 21:02 what were the English letters that mean “living in the moment”?
maybe memento mori? or carpe diem.
我在中国去纹身，8年后又回来纹身😊。谢谢elin你好漂亮想过纹身吗？
It’s Zhejiang province, Ningbo city ?
Some were in Ningbo.
thanxxxxxxx
In which city are you filming ?
If you look carefully you can see signs indicating that some of the interviews took place in Ningbo City temple area 宁波城隍庙
Is it a Buddhist temple? Everyone in Thailand, male or female, has a tattoo because they are Buddhists.
Lots of Chinese girls in England have tattoos, and look great
So they are colonised easy girl.
hello teacher. please tell me which of this sentences is real. like real chinese people say such way.
1.这是一个故事关于我的车。
2.这是一个关于我的车的故事。
3.这是一个故事关于我的车。
2 is correct and native way. The other one is wrong in grammar, but with a comma in between is acceptable: "这是一个故事，关于我的车。"
In the past chinese criminals were branded with tattoos and exiled . I don't have positive feelings towards tattoos but i can understand why my kids wants them . I can only encourage them to keep it small and discreet . If possible use those temporary tattoos that can last a week .
do you know what criminals usually have? 2 legs, 2 arms, 2 hands, 2 eyes, 1 head and so on... That's just you putting your prejudice on something else
@@davizxc9625people with tattoo are often thugs, punks, gays (or have kinks) and ALL come from a dysfunctional family. You You do not have the right to judge the personal choices of others, especially when it comes to a romantic relationship. I don't want to have children with someone who clearly didn't have a good relationship with their father.
Thanks for the video! I hope prejudice against tattoos goes away one day.
hey I belong to Pakistan. I want to come to China. My education is matric. Can any labor jobs be found in China ???
ningbo
11:23
6:35 This girl is definitely the descendants of the natives of Southern China (baiyue/nanman)
how do you know? that is interesting!
@@aidungeon2591 It's pretty obvious. She looks Fillipino/Thai/Viet instead of the Northeast Asian Chinese/Korean/Japanese.
I actually find 'indigenous' people more attractive. I dont know. i guess i dont like the fact that most east asians nowadays are so pale and have sharp noses @@sleepyhead6468
@@sleepyhead6468 How do you know what the baiyue looked like? Is there an instagram account of baiyue people?
You don't think Southeast Asians mixed with the negrito population that were the natives of Southeast Asia and that's why they look like they do today?
@@johnyossarian9059 South China used to be Baiyue lands. Many migrated Southwards to Southeast Asia but many Baiyue women intermarried with Chinese men from the North when the Chinese soldiers came to conquer the South. This policy of intermixing was recorded in ancient Chinese records. Most of the Southern Chinese have at least 10% - 30% DNA that are Viet, Thai or other Southeast Asian group. Yet when you ask them, they will tell you that as far back as they know, they are "fully Chinese".
Phenotype wise, many South Chinese look more similar to modern day Southeast Asians. Southern Chinese tend to have round eyes with deep double eyelids. They have more pronounced brow ridge with sloping forehead. As a result, their eye sockets usually seem to be sunken into the skull. Nostrils also are usually wider and more flaring. They also tend to have darker skin and shorter. All of these features that are more common in Southern Chinese and not as common in Northern Chinese/Koreans are also common in Southeast Asians. So using Dna, historical records, and phenotyping of the original Southern Chinese migrants to Southeast Asia in the earlier 20th century, it is pretty clear how the Baiyue peoples look like.
Chinese girls, say hi :)
24:55 他的脸 💀
老师你有纹身吗？
Tattoos make a person look like the walls of the stalls of a gas station restroom.
loooool
哇塞，跟我想像中的真的不一樣喔 ～沒想到中國的年輕人還是這麼難接受紋身耶 哈哈 😮
我看pornhub 都不看带纹身的女演员🤣🤣
tattoo is a big no no to me . those with tattoo will look ridiculous when they get old
中国古代就有纹身了
Having tattoo on your body reflects your decision making, not the decoration or tattoo per se. Question like, what if I don't like it later on? and I cannot get rid of it? Thoughtful or thinking long term people probably wouldn't have it. Corporate world will see you as an impulsive person, and probably a little bit wild, not good for business. My Boss once told me about tattoo, if you have the most powerful sexy sport car, would you put sticker on it? if you think it will make it look cheap, why would you want it on your skin? don't you worth more than your car?
I'd rather see them as decisive than impulsive. People that have tattoos know the kind of person they want to be.
that is extremely prejudiced
Like one of the girls said in the video ,she had her tattoos when she was depressed and that true in most cases , tattoos are consider type of self hard and that you are emotionally unstable
That pretty much embodies how Chinese society views tattoos. Here in the west most of those problems don't exist. Sure, there are people that regret their tattoos but therre are also people that have tattoos that mean a lot to them.
在中国纹身不能当公务员，不能入伍，日本可能更严格一点，正常的职员都不能有纹身，说老实话我看A片都讨厌看到女主角有纹身。In China with tattoos, you cannot be a civil servant or enlist in the army. Japan may be a little stricter. Normal employees are not allowed to have tattoos. To be honest, I hate seeing female protagonists with tattoos even when I watch porn.
As a Chinese guy I can make sure that I don't even watch porn whitch female actors have tattoos.🤣🤣🤣🤣
They look trashy, like the graffiti on dirty run down buildings
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Do all Thai people look like trash? Every Thai person has a Buddhist charm tattoo.
Tattoos look hideous, indicate impulsive behaviour and bad taste and something I very much respect about Chinese culture is that it still (generally) doesn't approve of tattoos.
ty for the video
i love your channel