David Beckham’s New Chinese Character Tattoo
Recently, headline in the news is David Beckham’s new Chinese character tattoo. Yes, the soccer superstar had a tattoo again. He is one of the famous persons who contributed to the reason why tattoos are famous today. David Beckham’s new Chinese character tattoo is a Chinese proverb. This is the recent addition to his tattoo collection
over the years. It is etched from his left nipple extending to his groin. This reads “Death and life have determined appointments. Riches and honor depend upon heaven”. The word “Life” is emphasized using bold ink while the word “Death” is slightly inked in smaller fonts. David always gives much thought of his tattoos before he decides to get one.
Just like his other tattoos, David Beckham’s new Chinese character tattoo has a strong meaning to the soccer superstar. The middle field soccer star unveiled his new body art during one of is training sessions with his Los Angeles Galaxy team.
The team had recently been to the Far East where this famous Spice girl husband had this tattoo made. Britain’s The Sun newspaper learned from a reliable source that the technique used to etch the characters on the superstar’s skin was completely different and unique and can only be found in Hong Kong. Unlike the usual tattoo art, David Beckham’s new Chinese character tattoo appears as of it is just brushed on his skin. He has always expressed that he wanted the Chinese brush-stroke look or effect in a tattoo.
The 32-year old soccer superstar is a collector of tattoos and all of these markings mean something to him. Actually, both he and his wife, Victoria (one of the members of the famous Spice Girls) agreed in this aspect. When he declared his love to Posh Spice (Victoria’s screen name), he had his left forearm inked with “Forever by your side”. The couple also had identical Latin phrase tattooed on their left arm saying “De Integro” meaning, “Again from the start”. They also etched the date when they made their wedding vows renewal as “VIII.V.MMVI” which means “March 8, 2006”.
As a tattoo collector and a self-confessed tattoo addict, aside from the tattoos mentioned above, David boasts of his other collections such as:
- The names of their children namely Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz. His first-born son’s name Brooklyn is located at his lower back. It was his very first tattoo.
- A bare-breasted angel located on his left arm with Hindi inscriptions of her name encircled with stars
- An angel inked over his name which is believed to be for protection
- A crucifix running down his neck area
- The Roman numeral VII is tattooed on the inner part of his right forearm. The right forearm represents his soccer career and the number 7etched on it was his number when he was still playing for the Manchester United and England soccer team.
If you are having second thoughts to get tattooed, think of David Beckham’s collection of tattoos to inspire you. David Beckham’s new Chinese character tattoo is the recent addition to his list and still counting. It is time for you to start your own collection, too. You may try to have the David Beckham’s new Chinese Character tattoo on you also.
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